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Texas has been and continues to be a land of opportunity. In 2013, Texas’ entrepreneurs added more jobs than any other state in the nation. Yet, the Obama Administration is stifling our economic growth by extending the heavy hand of government into our towns, businesses, and families. I hope you will keep reading for an update on my recent efforts to restore liberty and the rule of law. All the best, Ted Cruz The Obama Administration's Assault on Texas Click to view video On Monday, Sen....

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, commended the President for his latest statement of support for American pastor Saeed Abedini, currently imprisoned in Iran: “I commend President Obama for mentioning, by name, Pastor Saeed Abedini and Kenneth Bae at the Prayer Breakfast this morning. There are many things on which we disagree, but the cruel imprisonment of a American citizens by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released the following statement regarding his vote against ending the unemployment debate without considering Republican ideas: “Unemployed Americans badly need jobs and a booming economy. Today, as a direct result of President Obama's failed economic agenda, millions are hurting and we have the lowest labor-force participation since 1978. "Unfortunately, President Obama and Senate Democrats refuse to do anything to address the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding his ‘no’ vote on the Farm Bill conference report: “Agriculture is essential to the Texas economy and to our nation, and I am proud to support our farmers and ranchers as they feed America and the world. “Unfortunately, this bill is not really a Farm Bill, it’s a Food Stamps bill with some farm provisions. Instead of locking people into an endless cycle of dependence, we should...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today spoke on the Senate floor to offer an accurate account of issues impacting our nation abroad. Contrary to President Obama’s claims in his State of the Union address last Tuesday, news reports published since confirm reality to be quite different. “I wish we all lived in the Utopian world President Obama painted on Tuesday, but in just one week numerous news reports suggest this world belongs more in the realm of fantasy than...

Washington Times: Obamacare will push 2 million workers out of labor market: CBO [in 2011 CBO projected that the labor force would have 800,000 fewer workers by 2021] Obamacare will push the equivalent of about 2 million workers out of the labor market by 2017 as employees decide either to work fewer hours or drop out altogether, according to the latest estimates Tuesday from the Congressional Budget Office. “CBO estimates that the ACA will reduce the total number of hours worked, on net,...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today released his third report on the Obama Administration’s attempts to expand federal power, specifically as it relates to federal encroachment upon the state of Texas. (View the first report here and the second report here.) He highlights ten cases in which Texas was forced to file lawsuits to prevent the Obama Administration from usurping powers reserved for the states, and five additional pending lawsuits challenging the...

Washington Post: Healthcare.gov can't handle appeals of enrollment errors Roughly 22,000 Americans have filed appeals with the government to try to get mistakes corrected, according to internal government data obtained by The Washington Post. They contend that the computer system for the new federal online marketplace charged them too much for health insurance, steered them into the wrong insurance program or denied them coverage entirely. For now, the appeals are sitting, untouched, inside a...

This week, President Obama had the opportunity to answer critical questions that millions of Americans are asking across the country. Unfortunately, he dodged them, which is precisely why so many Americans have lost trust in this President. He should have addressed the IRS’s illegal targeting of conservatives, announced action to find out why four Americans died in a preventable terrorist attack in Benghazi, taken steps to protect Americans from unjustifiable privacy violations by the...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement regarding HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' trip to Dallas: "Secretary Sebelius’ visit to Dallas won’t do anything to make up for the fact that millions of Texans and Americans are hurting as a result of Obamacare. Premiums are rising, millions are losing their health insurance and their doctors, small businesses are reluctant to hire, and workers’ hours are being cut. To help the American...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement in response to the decision to pursue the death penalty in the cause against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: "I am pleased that Attorney General Holder has decided to seek the death penalty in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. It is crucial that the United States send a message across the world that terrorists who seek to attack our homeland and bring harm to our citizens will be brought to justice and receive the severest...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, repeated questions he asked in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder last week related to the IRS investigation – specifically whether the naming of a major Obama donor to lead the investigation into IRS's illegal targeting of conservatives is a conflict of interest. In an exchange with Sen. Cruz at the 9:41 mark, Attorney General Holder says the IRS investigation does not...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today highlighted the questions that President Obama failed to answer last night in his State of the Union address. "Last night President Obama had the opportunity to answer critical questions that millions of Americans are asking all around the country, but he didn’t, which is precisely why so many Americans have lost trust in this President," Sen. Cruz said. "If President Obama truly wanted to restore credibility to his government, he would...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union address: "This evening, President Obama delivered a speech that shows he has lost the support of the American people. He is going it alone because, after five years of failed economic policies and broken promises, the public and their elected representatives aren't willing to go with him anymore. "We've heard it before. The promises President Obama made to increase...

From The Wall Street Journal: Of all the troubling aspects of the Obama presidency, none is more dangerous than the president's persistent pattern of lawlessness, his willingness to disregard the written law and instead enforce his own policies via executive fiat. On Monday, Mr. Obama acted unilaterally to raise the minimum wage paid by federal contracts, the first of many executive actions the White House promised would be a theme of his State of the Union address Tuesday night. The president's...

Thank you, it is a pleasure to get back to Heritage to be with so many friends and to have the opportunity to discuss an issue with such pressing importance, which is namely the growing influence that Russia is having in the world. The lack of focus on human rights, the lack of US leadership championing freedom, and the lack of effective leadership defending our interest in the world which is making the world a much more dangerous place. Russia is going the wrong way on human rights, and the...

WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today called on President Obama to hold himself and his administration accountable for the continuing harm his health law is inflicting upon Americans around the country. Regarding Obamacare, Sen. Cruz has asked: “Will the President finally recognize that it was a mistake to ram through Obamacare on a party-line vote and that, right now, it is hurting millions of Americans? Will he take real responsibility for misleading the American people...