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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, visited key Coast Guard stations in Texas today to better understand the evolving challenges in South Texas and hear directly from the men and women of the Coast Guard about what resources they need to effectively do their jobs. Sen. Cruz toured Coast Guard Sector and Air Station Corpus Christi and Station South Padre Island (SPI), followed by an aerial survey of the maritime boundary...

WAXAHACHIE, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today joined members from the Midlothian Chamber of Commerce, Ennis Chamber, Ferris Chamber, Maypearl Chamber, Red Oak Area Chamber, and Waxahachie Chamber, for a luncheon, and spoke to the Chambers about his work in the Senate to boost the economy in the Dallas-Fort Worth region. Sen. Cruz said, “Texans understand that it all comes down to small businesses. If you want lots of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on The Constitution, sent a letter to the Department of Justice demanding details about Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Wolf, and about Wolf’s relationship with Biden loyalist Alexander Mackler. The letter, directed to U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware David Weiss, is based on testimony from two IRS whistleblowers who appeared before the House Ways and Means...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation, the Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act, to support auto dealers who suffered due to supply chain disruptions following the Covid-19 pandemic. Auto dealers faced unique inventory shortages during and immediately following the pandemic. The Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act will grant tax relief to auto dealers by providing dealerships up to three years to replace their...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and U.S. Representative James Comer (R-Ky.), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice requesting an investigation into why radical environmental organizations have been able to accept foreign money without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). The letter...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the ACCORD Act, or the Accountability for the CDC, improving Congressional Oversight, and Ratification of its Director Act. This legislation would require any Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who was appointed prior to January 20, 2025 to obtain full Senate confirmation to remain in the post beyond January 2025. About the bill, Sen. Cruz said, “Acting CDC Director Mandy Cohen was...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After significant engagement and conversations with major universities, conferences, and other key stakeholders, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today unveiled a discussion draft of legislation aimed at addressing major issues in college athletics that have wrought a patchwork of pending litigation, inconsistent state laws, and labor complaints. Cruz’s committee has jurisdiction over athletics. As it stands, Sen. Cruz’s...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a statement after the successful evacuation of several young Texans on a mission trip with Harmony Hill Baptist Church in Niger. About the group’s safe evacuation, Sen. Cruz said, “Heidi and I thank God that students from Harmony Hill Baptist Church who had been traveling and trapped in Niger are now on their way home. I want to express my deep appreciation to officials and staffers at the U.S. State Department, who...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), along with 14 other Senate colleagues, sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services about their concerns with proposals to roll back crucial reforms to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) creating more red tape and burdensome regulations. In the letter, the senators called on the Biden administration to extend the comment period on these proposals to ensure all those impacted by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee Shelly More Capito (R-W.Va.), along with 37of their Republican colleagues in the Senate, sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding the agency rescind the latest set of proposed power plant regulations. These disastrous regulations will force the closure of natural gas and coal-fired power plants, hampering efforts to maintain resource adequacy and a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) celebrated Senate passage of his I-27 Numbering Act of 2023, co-sponsored by Sens. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), to formally name the Ports-to-Plains Corridor through Texas and New Mexico as Interstate 27. Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas), Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), August Pfluger (R-Texas), and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) introduced identical legislation in the House. The bipartisan bill passed...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee, released the following statements after two key provisions he worked to introduce—one to streamline environmental permits for federally-funded semiconductor manufacturing plants and a second one to require labels for smart devices or appliances with built-in cameras and microphones—were included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In a major...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding his support for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (NDAA). Sen. Cruz secured six key measures relating to Texas’s and America’s national security priorities, including major investments in Department of Defense and Department of Energy installations in Texas. Upon the bill’s passage in the Senate, Sen....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded committee passage of the bipartisan, bicameral AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, legislation he introduced with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) to require automakers maintain AM broadcast radio in vehicles. Upon committee passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, Sen. Cruz said: “AM radio serves a critical function during emergencies. It reliably gets important information to the public,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee markup, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed the importance of the committee’s bipartisan efforts that will greatly benefit American consumers by bringing transparency to the online ticket market, highlighting his TICKET Act and steps to protect AM radio with the AM Radio For Every Vehicle Act. While he voiced his support for two pieces of legislation aimed at protecting children’s data online,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in the case Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) led the amicus effort in the House of Representatives. Senator Cruz is joined on the brief by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ken.) and Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight, Senate Democrats blocked U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) from adding an amendment to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment, which is based on Sen. Cruz and Rep. Dan Bishop’s (R-N.C.) AMERICANS Act (S. 29), would have provided remedies to military servicemembers who were involuntarily separated from the military based solely on COVID-19 vaccine status, allowing these individuals to return to military service and to adjust their discharge...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) introduced a bill to amend the National Trails System Act and designate Route 66 as a National Historic Trail. Importantly, this legislation would make the designation without harming Texas and American energy development projects in the areas around Route 66. Route 66, also known as the Will Rogers Highway, is more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb) recently introduced legislation to stop a burdensome Environment Protection Agency (EPA) reporting requirement on family farmers and ranchers implemented by the Biden administration. The legislation would clarify that the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) is not intended to regulate manure odors, which pose no threat to public safety. It would also ensure that emergency first responders are not...