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WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today announced new staff roles and hires in his U.S. Senate D.C. press office. He has named Phil Novack deputy press secretary and Jack Minor deputy digital director. He recently promoted Amanda Carpenter to communications director. Following is brief background of Sen. Cruz’s communications staff. Amanda Carpenter, Communications Director: Carpenter joined Sen. Cruz’s office in January 2013 as senior communications adviser and...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following message in commemoration of Veterans Day: Ninety-six years ago, young men from the states of Texas and Oklahoma who had no combat experience, were deployed to France and soon thrust into one of the bloodiest battles of World War One – known as the Hundreds Days Offensive. On the morning of October 8, 1918, the troops were woken minutes before the engagement and rushed to the trenches along the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall:Twenty-five years ago today, the world changed when the seemingly-impenetrable wall between East and West Germany was torn down by a people determined to break the stranglehold of totalitarian Communism. The goal of the Soviet Union was to obliterate the very principle of freedom and to establish a global network of oppression under...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today Sens. Ted Cruz, R-TX, and Mike Lee, R-UT, released the following statement after President Obama nominated U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to replace Attorney General Eric Holder: “President Obama’s Attorney General nominee deserves fair and full consideration of the United States Senate, which is precisely why she should not be confirmed in the lame duck session of Congress by senators who just lost their seats and are no longer accountable to the voters....

WASHINGTON, DC -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today sent a letter to Sen. Harry Reid, D-NV, the outgoing Senate Majority Leader, signed by Sens. Mike Crapo, R-ID; Mike Lee, R-UT; Pat Roberts, R-KS; Jeff Sessions, R-AL; and David Vitter, R-LA expressing opposition to President Obama's announced intention to take unilateral executive action by the end of this year to lawlessly grant amnesty to immigrants who have entered the country illegally. "The Supreme Court has recognized that ‘over no...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services, joined by all 24 Texas House Republicans expressing concern about how existing public health resources were used in response to the outbreak of Ebola in the United States. “In fact, of the $10.8 billion the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates it spent in FY 2014, almost $1.4 billion went to ‘Public Health Preparedness...

This week we witnessed a tremendous victory for religious liberty. Last month, the City of Houston issued a subpoena demanding that five pastors hand over their sermons and correspondence. Together, thousands rose up and told the City to withdraw that subpoena. Americans defended our right to worship freely without fear of government intimidation, sending a message that was so loud and strong the City of Houston could not ignore it. And the City of Houston complied, withdrawing the subpoenas...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement in response to the Internal Revenue Service’s reply to the senator’s inquiry about its decision to audit Breitbart News Network, LLC. See the IRS’s response here. “It is sad to see the Obama IRS continue to devolve into an unaccountable agency, and dangerous to see it become weaponized as a tool for partisan warfare.  Following its wrongful targeting of citizen groups for...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement in response to the City of Houston withdrawing its subpoenas requiring pastors to submit sermons: “Supporters of religious liberty have just achieved a tremendous victory," said Sen. Cruz. "Today is an answer to prayer.  Last month, the City of Houston issued a subpoena demanding that five pastors hand over their sermons and correspondence. Together, thousands rose up and told the City to...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement drawing attention to the conclusion of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: “It is a travesty that one in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime and as we mark the month of October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we should join together in condemning and putting an end to these abuses. “Too many of us can name friends, family members, and...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding the inauguration of Lithuania’s LNG import terminal at Klaipėda. The project was approved on July 21, 2010 with Norway's Statoil and Lithuania’s Litgas, gas trading arms of these respective states, signing the 5-year deal in August 2014 to supply LNG shipments. “After living for years at the mercy of the Russian Federation, today Lithuania welcomed the Independence, a floating...

From National Review Online:Fifty years ago today America faced a choice very much similar to the choice we face today.On October 27, 1964, a clarion call was heard across the nation. America faced a choice, a speaker told us: We could either “abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves,” or we could reaffirm our belief “in our capacity for...

From National Review Online:Fifty years ago today America faced a choice very much similar to the choice we face today.On October 27, 1964, a clarion call was heard across the nation. America faced a choice, a speaker told us: We could either “abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves,” or we could reaffirm our belief “in our capacity for...

(Below is a news release and letter issued by Sen. Barrasso’s office earlier today, which may also be viewed here.) WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senators John Barrasso (R-WY), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Ranking Member David Vitter (R-LA) led a group of 25 senators in calling out the Obama Administration for intentionally misleading Americans about the negative impacts of the proposed “Waters of the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement today regarding the terrorists attacks in Ottawa and Jerusalem yesterday:   “The attacks in Ottawa and Jerusalem yesterday are stark reminders that while radical Islamic terrorism may have originated in the Middle East, it is not confined to that region.  Our great and good friends in Canada and Israel were targeted because both countries share the same core principles of tolerance and freedom...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, penned an op-ed for USA Today, explaining critical priorities for a Republican-led Congress, including jump-starting the economy, safeguarding constitutional liberties and strengthening our national security.  Below is a preview and the full op-ed may be viewed here. Ted Cruz: Republican priorities for 2015By Ted CruzUSA TodayOct. 19, 2014 A GOP led Congress in 2015 will pass a serious agenda, or expose an obstructionist...

From USA Today:By all signs, Americans are preparing to send Washington a clear message in the 2014 elections.The question is, will Washington listen?Republicans — poised to take control of Congress — should set our sights on three big goals to make Americans feel confident in their futures once again: jumpstart the economy, safeguard constitutional liberties, and strengthen our national security.Here are ten critical priorities for the 2015 Congress:First, embrace a big pro-jobs,...