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  March 11, 2018 Greetings, On Tuesday, I was proud to join my colleague Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in reintroducing the Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act. We continue to witness horrific shootings across the country, including in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and Parkland, Florida. This bill seeks to prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future by significantly increasing funding for school safety, creating a federal task force to prosecute the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement recognizing the three Texans on the U.S. Paralympic team: “After selflessly serving their country in uniform, the Texans on the 2018 U.S. Paralympic Team have once again stepped up to represent their country in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games,” Sen. Cruz said. “Their determined spirit and tremendous talent represents the best of the Lone Star State, and Heidi and I look...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement regarding his support for the First Amendment Defense Act, which he introduced with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). The First Amendment Defense Act would prevent discrimination by the federal government against individuals or institutions based on their beliefs about marriage. "From college classrooms and corporations, to newsrooms and the halls of Congress, we've seen a culture developing that is fundamentally at odds with...

HOUSTON, Texas – This week, Texas Railroad Commission Chairwoman Christi Craddick penned the following op-ed in the Houston Chronicle which underscores U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) efforts to reach a win-win solution on the issue of skyrocketing RINs costs that are impacting Texas independent refiners. “And U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is currently leading the effort in Washington to defend the interests of Texans from this broken system,” Craddick wrote....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement regarding the Department of Transportation’s grant to the City of Houston for an advanced roadway flood warning system, which Sen. Cruz personally raised with Secretary Chao on behalf of the City of Houston as part of a recent meeting with the city regarding Hurricane Harvey funding.  “I am pleased that the City of Houston was awarded the grant they needed from the Department of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today participated in a roundtable discussion with United Steelworkers members. There, he discussed his efforts to reach a win-win solution to the issue of skyrocketing RINs. Watch Sen. Cruz’s opening remarks here.  “Thank you for being here, and thank you for the tremendous work you’re doing,” Sen. Cruz said. “I’m encouraged by the progress we’re making in dealing with RINs and the RFS. As you...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, this week participated in a hearing featuring the intelligence community’s assessment of worldwide threats. During his questioning, Sen. Cruz focused on the threat of nuclear and missile proliferation posed by both North Korea and Iran, the growing influence of Iran and its terrorist proxies throughout the region, and recent reports indicating North Korea’s desire for nuclear...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today reintroduced legislation to improve school safety and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. The Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2018 prevents gun violence by ensuring that relevant agencies and institutions accurately submit records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). A strong bipartisan majority of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) issued a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions urging the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into Qatar’s state-controlled media outlet, Al Jazeera. “The Department of Justice’s recent designation of Russia’s RT America as a foreign agent, as well as the questionable practices of Al Jazeera and China Central Television,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today released the following statements after the Senate confirmed Karen Gren Scholer to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas – Dallas Division: “I am pleased the Senate has confirmed Karen Scholer,” Sen. Cruz said. “Her experience, diligence, and commitment to the rule of law will serve her well as the newest federal district court judge for North...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the weekend, Fox News highlighted U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) meeting last week with the family and West Point classmates of Taylor Force. A Texas native, Taylor Force grew up in Lubbock attending Smith Elementary and Irons Middle School. He was an Eagle Scout, graduated from West Point, and courageously served our country as an officer in the U.S. Army. Based out of Fort Hood, Taylor deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He was a student in Vanderbilt...

  March 4, 2018 Greetings, This week, I participated in two positive and productive meetings to fix the broken RINs system at the White House with President Trump and my colleagues in the Senate, along with representatives from the unions, ethanol and refining industries, and motor fuel retailers. Why is this issue so important to Texas? Because our state is home to nearly 100,000 refinery workers - the backbone of our state’s economy and our national security. I remain...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today issued the following statement after the meeting at the White House with Senators and stakeholders: "We are encouraged that President Trump recognizes the importance of providing relief from crushing RINs costs and expanding the potential market for ethanol that will benefit both Iowa farmers by letting them sell more corn, and blue-collar refinery workers by saving their jobs in states including Pennsylvania and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after the meeting at the White House regarding the broken RINs system: “This morning, we had a very positive and productive meeting on fixing the broken RINs system. I commend President Trump for bringing the two sides together and for leaning in hard to find a win-win solution that benefits both Iowa farmers and blue-collar refinery workers. We made real progress, and, with the President’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Voice of America (VOA) on Sunday highlighted the provisions included in the bipartisan Cambodia Accountability and Return on Investment Act of 2018 (CARI), which was introduced by U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Dick Durbin (D- Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). The VOA article reports: “‘In the backdrop of Hun Sen’s authoritarian impulses and bombastic rhetoric is Xi Jinping and the growing influence of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on WOAI’s ‘The Joe Pags Show,’ where he discussed his legislative efforts to defend the Second Amendment rights of law abiding citizens and prevent violent criminals from obtaining weapons. He also discussed his priorities for immigration reform, including passing Kate’s Law. “If you want to stop mass-murders, like the horrifying murder we saw in Parkland, where every one of us was horrified at this evil...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science and Competiveness, and the ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent the following oversight letters to Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot Jr. In the letters, the Senators expressed their concerns with the President’s FY 2019 Budget Request for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week participated in a town hall at Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the largest refinery on the East Coast, which recently filed bankruptcy as a result of skyrocketing RINs costs associated with the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. There, he discussed his priorities for a win-win solution that will allow corn farmers to sell even more corn and protecting the thousands of jobs that are critical to the energy industry – from Texas to...

  February 25, 2018 Greetings, On Wednesday, I participated in a town hall with employees from Pennsylvania Energy Solutions (PES) and other refineries along the East Coast. There, I heard the stories of generations of Americans whose jobs and livelihoods are threatened by a broken government regulatory system. Why was I in Pennsylvania, you may ask? Because PES filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago as a result of skyrocketing costs associated with the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. The...