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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Democrats blocked a motion by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today to include his Secure the Border Act in the Continuing Resolution. The Secure the Border Act would provide physical and technological border improvements, manpower assistance to Border Patrol and ICE Enforcement Removal Operations, and protection to families seeking entry at the border as well as unaccompanied alien children. Additionally, Sen. Cruz’s amendment punishes visa overstays, reforms immigration...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, filed legislation today to prohibit the U.S. government from suspending anti-terrorism restrictions to send foreign aid to the Gaza Strip or the West Bank. The Terminating Unlawful Negligence and Nullifying Exemptions and Licenses to Sanctions (TUNNELS) Act of 2024, rescinds the licenses employed by the Biden administration to channel U.S. aid through international and non-governmental...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), joined by Sens. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), today filed legislation to halt efforts by the Biden administration to issue a central bank digital currency (CBDC): About the bill, Sen. Cruz said, “The Biden administration salivates at the thought of infringing on our freedom and intruding on the privacy of citizens to surveil their personal spending habits, which is why Congress must...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and John Cornyn (R-Texas) issued a statement today in response to news that the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.’s sugarcane mill will close amid acute water shortages. About the closure, the senators said, “Mexico’s failure to adhere to its obligations under the 1944 Treaty of Utilization of Waters is having disastrous consequences on farmers and ranchers in South Texas, and this closure will...

HOUSTON, Texas – The Wall Street Journal last week published an opinion by Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at George Mason University Scalia Law School and a scholar at the Jerusalem-based Kohelet Policy Forum, calling for Congress to create a terrorism exception in laws governing immunity for international organizations. The article noted that Sen. Cruz is currently circulating such a bill. The bill is Sen. Cruz’s LIABLE Act (“Limiting Immunity for Assisting Backers of Lethal Extremism”). The...

Houston, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote an op-ed that appeared over the weekend in the Houston Chronicle. The article can be read here or below. “Over the past decade, I’ve made many trips to our southern border, often bringing my colleagues in the Senate down with me. On a recent trip, we had a conversation with a girl who was only 10 years old. This girl was with a man who claimed to be her father. He had his arm draped forcefully around...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, joined Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in introducing the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act. Following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing with Big Tech CEOs, support for the legislation has grown with a total of 62 senators now co-sponsoring the bill. After the hearing, Sen. Cruz worked to strengthen the legislation before it is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) , a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,  today issued the following statement after Russia announced the death of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny: “The Russian regime has been trying to murder Alexei Navalny for years to stop his criticism of Vladimir Putin’s corruption and autocracy, and to intimidate the Russian people from similar criticism. Tragically, they appear to have finally succeeded in murdering him. We must ensure that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Chief Medical Examiner Francisco J. Diaz, MD, and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela A. Smith to provide notice of their obligations to preserve evidence for future Congressional oversight hearings regarding inquiries of preemie-sized fetal remains discovered outside an abortion clinic...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Judiciary Committees, today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urging the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into UNRWA USA, a U.S.-based non-profit that raises funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), for providing material support for terrorism. UNRWA is UNRWA is the second-largest employer in the Gaza Strip and has for decades provided...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in sending investigatory letters about the source of financial support for the Rutgers University Center for Security, Race and Rights. The Center sponsors events featuring antisemitic speakers who justify violence against the State of Israel, convicted terrorists and terrorist sympathizers, and advocates of domestic radicalism. The Biden...

HOUSTON, Texas — Sen. Cruz (R-Texas) today announced several staff updates in his Senate office. “I’m excited to be bringing in an outstanding new Deputy Chief of Staff in Victoria Ellington, and to announce the promotions of several key staffers,” said Senator Cruz. “Omri Ceren has served as my National Security Advisor since 2018, and will take over as Legislative Director. Tim Dill will become my National Security Advisor after serving as my Military Legislative Assistant since 2022, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Ranking Member Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) in introducing a bicameral Congressional Review Act (CRA) Joint Resolution of Disapproval to nullify the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rule imposing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions performance measures on state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations. The FHWA imposed this rule in November 2023...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, Fox News reports that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and his colleagues will write to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland this week urging the U.S. Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into UNRWA USA, a U.S.-based non-profit that raises funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), for providing material support for terrorism. UNRWA is the second-largest employer in the Gaza Strip and has for decades provided salaries...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today voted against Senate funding legislation because it failed to secure the Texas-Mexico border. Regarding his vote, Sen. Cruz said, “I cannot in good conscience support this bill without real, substantial additions to bolster border security.  “It is important that Israel eradicates Hamas, that Taiwan remains resilient against China’s threats, and that Ukraine defeats Russia. I have consistently supported providing aid to ensure these allies...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Texas farmers and ranchers will still have access to early warning signs of potential droughts due to the efforts of U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had planned to retire soil moisture sensors in Texas relied upon by the state’s agricultural community to spot potential droughts. However, NOAA has delayed any action on the sensors after an inquiry from Sen. Cruz, who sent...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after confirmation that the Iran-controlled terrorist group Hamas dug and established terrorist infrastructure using facilities maintained by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency: “The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has been knowingly providing material support for Hamas terrorists who committed unspeakable atrocities against over a thousand...

Good Evening, Every once and awhile we have some good news, and the good news is the disastrous Senate border deal was blocked this week on the Senate floor. My views on this bill have not been ambiguous. It is a terrible piece of legislation that does absolutely nothing to secure our southern border, but rather props Democrats up on a pedestal to keep manufacturing this crisis. Texans who are facing the brunt of Biden’s open borders want real change and action, but this administration has...