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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement in preparation for hurricane season:  “Hurricane season has officially begun. An increase in the potential for devastating storms and floods ought to be accompanied by an increase in preparedness for such an event.” “Taking commonsense steps to prepare for these storms is the best way that we can protect our homes and businesses in Texas. We’ve felt the devastation of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is leading an amicus brief alongside Senator Mike Lee in support of free speech and religious liberty rights in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis - a follow-up to the highly publicized Masterpiece Cakeshop case. The lower court in Colorado decided that the government can force Ms. Smith, as a creative website designer and owner of a small business, to design and publish...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined by U.S. Reps. Bill Posey (R-Fla.) and Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) led a letter with 18 Members of Congress calling for answers from the Administrator of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) panel regarding Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval for the use of COVID-19 vaccines in children under the age of five. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in honor of Memorial Day: “This weekend we as Americans remember the ultimate price paid for the freedoms Americans have known for the last 245 years. We remember the sons and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers who gave their lives for our nation’s security, and in defense of the principles of our Constitution. It is their tremendous courage and sacrifice we honor as we consider...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), released the following statement in response to the absolute act of evil that took place today in Uvalde, Texas: "Today is a dark day. We’re all completely sickened and heartbroken. As of now, 15 innocent people are dead. 14 were children. Others are still in critical condition or otherwise injured, and we are all praying for each of them. I’m grateful for the heroes in law enforcement and first responders who responded...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has written a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding answers about President Joe Biden’s Family Reunification Task Force (FRTF). As one of his first acts, President Joe Biden ordered the formation of the FRTF, which works to reunite minors with their families if they are separated while trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. This is due to differences in the rules governing how long U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) gave a floor speech today explaining why he is voting this week for the Senate’s Ukraine aid bill. He gave several key reasons why a vote for Ukrainian aid is in America’s best interests: The bill includes almost $9 billion to replenish U.S. stockpiles, which have become dangerously depleted, directly endangering the national security of the United States and our allies.     Putin is trying to seize control of...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), along with U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.), Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Mark Green (R-Tenn.), María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) and Carlos Giménez (R-Fla.), in a joint statement on the Biden Administration’s recent announcement providing concessions...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made the following comments about his vote on the Small Business Covid Relief Act of 2022: Small businesses and restaurants in Texas have been hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Biden administration’s policies that have driven inflation to record levels. The Democrats’ draconian shutdowns destroyed these businesses and put millions of Americans out of work. I support responsibly providing relief, and we should pay for it...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), and Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), introduced two bills to increase energy development and production in the United States hindered by actions of the Biden Administration. The first bill, the Lease Now Act, would require the Department of the Interior...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Roger Wicker (Miss.), James Lankford (Okla.), John Barrasso...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has written a letter to President Joe Biden calling on his administration to address the baby formula shortage that is hurting Texas and other states around the country. Texas is currently being hit third hardest of any state by the baby formula shortage, with 52 percent of baby formula out of stock. Nationwide, 43 percent of formula is out of stock.   Senator Cruz wrote: Given the important role that formula plays in the health and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after Texas Governor Greg Abbott voiced clear support for school choice: “I have long urged Texas to stand with children and against the special interests that are trying to deny Texans the freedom to decide how education dollars are spent. No parent should be forced to send their children to failing schools, which is why I’m glad my friend Governor Abbott is so fervently supporting school...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 13 of his colleagues have introduced the Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots (AMERICANS) Act of 2022. The legislation counters the Biden administration’s efforts to coerce and punish service members who decline the COVID-19 vaccine, and introduces accountability measures in response to DOD efforts to undermine transparency. The bill is co-sponsored by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Josh...

A year ago, Russian hackers breached the network of the biggest pipeline in the country and demanded a ransom to unlock the system. Within 90 minutes, the pipeline was shut down for the first time in 57 years, and the transport of 2.5 million barrels of fuel a day, about 45% of the Eastern Seaboard’s supply, ground to a halt. The Colonial Pipeline crisis should have been a wake-up call for Democrats, from the Northeast governors who won’t allow pipelines to deliver fuel from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Congresswoman Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) led a bicameral group of 82 legislators filing an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief to the Supreme Court in the cases Students for Fair Admissions vs. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions vs. University of North Carolina. At both schools, admissions policies have disenfranchised Asian-Americans, as the schools applied racial preferences to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – By a vote of 86-12, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a motion introduced by Senator Cruz which stated that terrorism sanctions on Iran, and specifically on the Central Bank of Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, were necessary to check cooperation between Iran and China. In his speech that opened the vote, Sen. Cruz said: “The Biden administration has refused to enforce oil sanctions against Iran, allowing Iran to sell more than a million barrels...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has sent letters to organizations throughout Texas, joining them in celebrating the 2022 National Day of Prayer.   Cruz told readers, “There is no greater service we can render for our nation than to seek the Lord on its behalf and to rejoice in the gathering of the faithful.”   In his letter, Sen. Cruz wrote:   It is an honor to join you in lifting up the State of Texas and the United States of America on this...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) have introduced the PAUSE Act, which would block the Biden administration from lifting Title 42 health-related restrictions on foreigners seeking to enter the United States.   Under the PAUSE Act, Title 42 restrictions would remain in place until all federal public health emergencies for COVID-19 end, and until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) traveler health risk level...