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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement on Senate passage of the Changing Age-Determined Eligibility to Student Incentive Payments (CADETS) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). The bill expands the age of eligibility for a Maritime Administration program that gives financial assistance to cadets who attend Texas A&M Maritime Academy, or one of the other five state maritime...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, today opened an investigation into and called on the beer industry’s self-regulatory body—the Beer Institute—to investigate whether Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with influencer Dylan Mulvaney violates the Beer Institute’s guidelines prohibiting...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Examining NASA’s FY24 Budget and Priorities,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed many of the exciting developments in space exploration and the importance of ensuring that the United States continues to lead the world in space exploration. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as prepared: “Administrator Nelson, welcome back to the Committee . You were a great...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised the Committee’s passage of his bipartisan legislation to help combat the rise in illicit use of the dangerous animal tranquilizer xylazine, or tranq. The Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, which Sen. Cruz introduced with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to take steps to enhance understanding of tranq...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined his colleagues Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) on a tour of the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas on the eve of the end of Title 42. The senators toured Camp Monument, where they met with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol members and members of the Texas National Guard. They also toured the border and received briefings by the National Border Patrol Council and other law...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), and 27 of their colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution in recognition of National Charter Schools Week. The resolution commends charter schools on their contribution to education. Upon introducing the resolution, Sen. Cruz said: “I have often said that school choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century. America offers a diverse array of excellent educational...

Title 42 expired yesterday, and I traveled to the border with several colleagues to speak with the men and women of Border Patrol and the Texas National Guard. The crisis at our southern border has never been worse. Over 10,000 illegal aliens flow in daily, and that number will only grow with the expiration of Title 42. President Biden has opened our border without regard for the consequences, and we are experiencing an invasion. We can’t keep ignoring the reality of what is happening. We...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to introduce the FINISH IT Act. This legislation would require the federal government to use previously purchased and unused border wall panels to extend the wall along the U.S.-Mexico border or to transfer them to state governments to be used for wall construction. This bill is being introduced in response to an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement for the record for today’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband hearing titled “The State of Universal Service”, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) expressed his concerns that the FCC’s Universal Service Fund has imposed skyrocketing tax burdens on American consumers to fund a series of ever-expanding, inefficient broadband programs. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as submitted: “Thank you,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded the Senate for unanimously passing his resolution calling for the release of Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by the Chinese Communist Party and sentenced to death. Senator Cruz secured unanimous passage of the resolution. View his speech here.  Sen. Cruz said: “Today, the Senate sent a powerful, unified message to the Chinese...

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  In case you missed it, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Jonathan Salant reports that U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) secured an agreement from Norfolk Southern to compensate homeowners near the derailment site for declines in their property values. “If residents in and around East Palestine sell their homes for less than they were worth before February’s train derailment in the Ohio village, Norfolk Southern will make...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee markup, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) detailed his concerns about how the Railway Safety Act would make it easier for the Biden administration to restrict the transportation of coal, oil, natural gas, and ethanol. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as delivered: “Thank you Madam Chair. As the Chair just noted, today we’re going to be voting on six bills and Coast Guard promotions for 315...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Israeli strikes in response to rocket fire led by Palestinian Islamic Jihad: “Israel has taken necessary action against terrorist leaders in the Gaza Strip to protect its citizens and maintain national security. Such Iran-controlled terrorists pose a direct threat not only to Israel but also to the safety and security of the American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following discussions to address the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced that he has secured an agreement from Norfolk Southern to compensate homeowners near the derailment site for declines in their property values. Norfolk Southern has committed to establish a fund that will make whole residents who sell their home for less than the pre-derailment appraised value of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, joined the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Miss.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Kennedy (R-La.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) to send a...

Greetings, Title 42 is being lifted next week, and my colleagues and I are doing everything in our power to combat the ever-growing Biden Border Crisis. Secretary Mayorkas saying that the border is not open and has not been open is a bald-faced lie. Our border has NEVER been as bad as it is currently. But, Biden’s Border Crisis wasn’t the only issue to be dealt with this week in the Senate. On Sunday, I joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business’ Sunday Morning Futures to discuss...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today applauded passage by the Committee of his resolution calling for the release of Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012 and sentenced to death. Sen. Cruz said: “This resolution emphasizes what everyone knows: the Chinese Communist Party’s detention of Mark Swidan is unjust and must come to an end. The passage of my...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today called out Senate Democrats and their corporate media enablers during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court Ethics Reform. Specifically, Sen. Cruz highlighted the hypocrisy of the Judiciary Committee Democrats’ attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas by pointing out the regular domestic and international trips taken by liberal Supreme Court justices, some funded by politically active liberal billionaires.  Cruz...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced several senior staff updates, including the hiring of Texas Deputy Attorney General Aaron Reitz as his new chief of staff. He also named Chris Jaarda as deputy chief of staff for policy and Carl Mica as deputy chief of staff for operations. Sen. Cruz’s current chief of staff, Steve Chartan, is departing for the private sector and will continue to serve as an advisor to the Cruz political operation. About the...