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HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today condemned the Biden administration’s decision to restore civil nuclear waivers for international nuclear cooperation with Iran: “At a time when Iran is targeting the United States and our allies across the Middle East, the Biden administration is dismantling sanctions to allow them to build up their nuclear program. Along with unfreezing billions of dollars and looking the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to over 700 Texas hospital executives about how President Biden’s Build Back Better Act would have a devastating impact on Texas hospitals, medical providers, and Texans who are uninsured or from underserved communities. As Sen. Cruz highlights in the letter, the Build Back Better Act would cut Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) and Uncompensated Care Pool (UCP) payments, which could cause a massive disruption in...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today issued the following statement after multiple reports that bomb threats have been made to over a dozen historically black colleges and universities: "These threats of violence against historically black colleges and universities are abhorrent. No one should be threatened or targeted because of the color of their skin. Law enforcement can, will, and must find the cowards responsible for creating fear in these communities and bring them to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) along with Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn) officially introduced the FDIC Board Governance Reform Act, which would enhance the protection of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from political meddling. The Scott-Cruz bill removes the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Comptroller of the Currency as permanent members of the FDIC Board of Directors. All five seats on the board will...

COLLEYVILLE, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) held a press conference after meeting with Jewish leaders in Colleyville in the aftermath of the hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel. During his remarks, Sen. Cruz said: “When that attack [at Congregation Beth Israel] was ongoing, the eyes of Texas, the eyes of the entire country, the eyes of the world were on north Texas—were on this horrific act of terror being carried out in our backyard. And I will say it is an...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) demanding answers after the agency decided to limit the use of monoclonal antibody treatments this week. In the letter, the Senator asks: Identify who specifically decided to limit the use of these monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19. What was the reason for limiting the use of these monoclonal antibodies’ treatments on January 24th, 2022 allegedly due to Omicron,...

HOUSTON, TX. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) yesterday joined his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in demanding answers from Biden Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray about the terrorist who held four people hostage in an anti-Semitic, targeted attack at the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas earlier this month. In the letter to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement following the decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to further restrict monoclonal antibody treatments produced by Eli Lilly and Regeneron: “The Biden administration’s track record on COVID is a disgrace. They’ve consistently politicized health and medicine, denying Texans and Americans live-saving treatments. After months of rationing critical antibody therapies, they now...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week introduced a bill to impose terrorism sanctions on the Iran-controlled Houthis, in the aftermath of months of terrorism escalation. On February 5th 2021, the Biden State Dept. announced it would lift terrorism-related sanctions on the Houthis and three of their leaders: Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Abd al-Khaliq Badr al-Din al-Houthi, and Abdullah Yahya al-Hakim. Sen. Cruz’s bill reverses the February decision, re-designating the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week sent a letter to Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Marcia Fudge expressing concern over HUD’s disapproval of the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) Action Plan Amendment and the delay in Community Development Block Grant Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) funding to communities affected by Hurricane Harvey and other natural disasters. In the letter, the Sen. Cruz states: “In August of 2017,...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tonight issued the following statement after attending Shabbat services at Congregation Beth Israel in Houston, one week after the hostage crisis during a Shabbat service at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Israeli Consul General Livia Link-Raviv and Randy Czarlinsky, the Regional Director of AJC Houston, were also in attendance. “One week ago during Shabbat, a bigoted, anti-Semitic coward held four people hostage at...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced introduction of a joint resolution to stop the Washington, D.C. vaccine mandate for K-12 students from taking effect. In late December, the D.C. City Council voted to mandate D.C. students get vaccinated against Covid-19. Under the Constitution, Congress has the responsibility to govern the nation’s capital. While the District of Columbia was given autonomy to enact city laws when Congress passed the District of Columbia...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm expressing strong support for Freeport LNG’s expansion of export capacity at their liquefaction and export terminal in Brazoria County, Texas. The letter’s co-signers include Rep. Henry Cuellar, Rep. Randy Weber, Rep. Filemon Vela, and Rep. Vicente Gonzalez. In the letter, the members state: “The value of natural gas to the Texas and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after Schumer’s failed vote to overturn the filibuster in an attempt to federalize the electoral process: "Tonight, in a bizarre act of political self-immolation, Senate Democrats, led by President Biden and cheered on by the corrupt corporate media, showed the American people that a bipartisan majority opposes breaking the Senate to destroy our election system. Americans don't support abolishing...

HOUSTON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement of solidarity with the Jewish community after the 11-hour standoff at the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, where a terrorist held four hostages in an anti-Semitic, targeted attack: “During Shabbat, a bigoted, anti-Semitic coward held four people hostage at Congregation Beth Israel for hours. He targeted them because they were Jewish. “Heidi and I praise God that the hostages...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week lambasted Senate Democrats for their brazen attempt to hold on to power by blowing up the filibuster and enact a federal takeover of our elections. WATCH: Senator Ted Cruz Blasts Democrats for Brazen Attempt to Pass the Corrupt Politicians ActDuring his remarks on the Senate floor, Cruz stated: “We are today seeing Democrats in the Senate, with the active encouragement of President Joe Biden, engaging on not one but two...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), spoke this morning in anticipation of a vote the Senate will take later today on his legislation imposing immediate sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline: “Mr. President, the eyes of history are upon us. Today, each of us will be faced with a momentous question: Can we put petty differences aside and can we come together to defend our friend and our ally Ukraine against...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after a large bipartisan majority in the Senate voted in favor of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Implementation Act, legislation introduced by Senator Cruz to impose immediate sanctions on the Russian government’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline: “Today, the Senate rebuked Joe Biden's surrender to Vladimir Putin on Nord Stream 2. Despite...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced he’s introduced the Securing Enfranchisement and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation Status (SERVIS) Act to prohibit requiring vaccine passports to vote. The SERVIS Act would also render mask mandates at polling locations unenforceable unless masks are readily provided, free-of-charge, to voters. Upon introducing the bill, Senator Cruz stated: “It’s the height of irony that the same politicians...