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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today participated in the nomination hearing to consider Vice Admiral Karl Schultz to be promoted to Admiral and to consider his nomination to be Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. In the hearing, Sen. Cruz thanked Vice Admiral Shultz and the Coast Guard for their assistance during Hurricane Harvey. Vice Admiral Schultz led the Coast Guard’s response to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today met with Irving Mayor Rick Stopfer and other city officials, before meeting with members of the Port-to-Plains Alliance. In both meetings, Sen. Cruz discussed his efforts to reduce the burden of federal regulations, and his priorities for transportation and broadband infrastructure modernization.  “It was an honor to meet with Mayor Stopfer and the Port-to-Plains Alliance here in Washington, D.C.,” Sen. Cruz said....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today, on Tax Day, introduced the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2018. This bill ends capital gains tax on inflation, which will expand economic growth and encourage more investment into the economy, by taxing based on true economic gains, versus taxing inflation.  On Thursday, Sen. Cruz announced his intention to introduce the bill at a press conference hosted by Americans for Tax Reform. “It is a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today, on Tax Day, introduced a comprehensive bill to make the federal tax cuts and provisions on the individual side permanent. “We’re seeing enormous benefits as a result of the historic tax cuts passed last year,” Sen. Cruz said. “The Texas economy is booming, and even on Tax Day, there is a renewed optimism and energy throughout the state. Texans are investing capital, expanding businesses, hiring new workers, and...

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) was featured in the Skimm’s ‘Sip ‘n Skimm’ series. Sen. Cruz discussed the four big priorities for Congress and the new administration, the victories achieved in the last year, and his efforts to prevent future mass shootings while safeguarding the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens. Watch the full interview here. Excerpts are below: “There’s no doubt Washington is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) addressed members of the Dallas Regional Chamber and Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce during their biennial fly-in to Washington, D.C. There, he discussed his priorities for NAFTA, including his letter to President Trump urging him to include a groundbreaking Competitiveness Chapter to achieve regulatory reform, including the REINS Act, in any NAFTA renegotiation, and his efforts to rollback burdensome federal regulations on business...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for the Texas Tribune highlighting the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA), which was signed into law by President Trump last week. This bill seeks justice for victims of sex trafficking and ensures that websites such as Backpage.com – based in Dallas, Texas – that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking, can be held liable and brought to justice. Sen. Cruz is an original cosponsor of the legislation,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today on Tax Day, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following video highlighting the savings Texans are seeing following the historic tax cuts passed in December, noting the average family of four will save over $1,000 more this year compared to 2017. He also notes that on tax reform, there is much more Congress can do on behalf of Texans and the American people, including passing his bill to make the individual tax cuts permanent. The full video transcript is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, the Supreme Court announced it would release an audio recording of arguments in the highly anticipated Trump v. Hawaii case on April 25. The news comes after U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, called on the Supreme Court in a letter to make an audio recording of oral arguments in the case available immediately after arguments conclude. “I...

  April 15, 2018 Greetings, On Tuesday, I questioned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a joint Senate hearing on whether Facebook considers itself a neutral public forum and the pervasive pattern of bias and political censorship demonstrated by it and other social media platforms. In radio interviews with KTSA’s Michael Berry and WOAI’s Joe Pags, I discussed the unprecedented power and influence social media has in our political discourse, and the legal...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement regarding the U.S.-launched missile strikes in Syria: "Tonight, the United States responded to the atrocities of Bashar al-Assad. "As the President said, it is in our national interest to deter the use of chemical weapons. Critically, that includes preventing those chemical weapons from falling into the hands of the radical Islamic terrorist elements in Syria. It is now absolutely crucial that any further military...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), John Kennedy (R-LA), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) penned the following letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and U.S. Department of State Acting Secretary, John Sullivan, urging the Trump Administration to stop a Syria-North Korea sanctions evasion scheme and North Korean efforts to advance Syria’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) applauded the passage of a bipartisan resolution honoring the legacy of  Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá on the sixth anniversary of his death, and calling for an impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding it. An outspoken activist for free speech, democracy, and human rights, Payá died in a suspicious car crash on July 22, 2012. While the Castro regime...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced in a press conference with Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) his intention to introduce a bill to end capital gains tax on inflation, which will expand economic growth and encourage more investment into the economy, helping create more opportunities for hardworking Americans. He also argued that on tax reform, there is much more Congress can do on behalf of the American people, including passing his bill to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today questioned Secretary of the Army Mark Esper and General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the Army regarding the Army’s FY2019 budget submission given the accelerated modernization of Russia and China’s militaries and the modernization efforts of the United States military as outlined in the National Defense Strategy [NDS]. “Over the past two decades, for a whole lot of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, participated in a Senate Commerce Committee hearing today entitled: “Are We Ready for the Next Hurricane Season? Status of Preparation and Response Capabilities for 2018,” where representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided updates on their agencies’ response to Hurricanes...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) today penned the following op-ed for CNN.com regarding their letter to President Trump urging him to direct his trade negotiators to take a much broader view of the economic potential of NAFTA negotiations, and advance the Republican economic growth agenda by prioritizing American jobs and competitiveness. Read the op-ed in its entirety here. Excerpts are available below: Utilize NAFTA...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today met with members of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce during their annual ‘DC Days’ fly-in. There he discussed the victories achieved in the new Congress, including massive tax cuts and full funding for the military, his priorities for 2018, and the pressing issues facing businesses in the Panhandle and across the Lone Star State. "The men and women of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce work tirelessly to promote the interests...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on KTRH’s ‘The Michael Berry Show,’ and WOAI’s ‘The Joe Pags Show’ to discuss his exchange earlier this week with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In his interview with Berry, Sen. Cruz discussed the expanding role social media plays in our political discourse, saying, “The power that Facebook and social media has is unprecedented. I and many, many others, are concerned about the...