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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...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) announced they are extending their deadline for candidate applications to fill U.S. District Court judicial vacancies in the Western District of Texas and the Southern District of Texas. The deadline has been extended to Wednesday, June 1. These vacancies are located in Del Rio and Laredo. The Senators have established a bipartisan panel of leading attorneys in Texas to help identify the most qualified...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with 21 colleagues have introduced a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution of Disapproval (CRA) to prohibit President Biden’s Department of Justice from implementing a new rule to expand firearm definitions. The senators joining Sen. Cruz are Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Energy approved permits for two LNG export companies, including Golden Pass LNG in Houston, Texas, to sell American energy overseas. “At such a critical time for global energy needs, I’m proud to have led the fight to press the Department of Energy to help secure permits for export at two new LNG export facilities. This is a tremendous victory for Texans, American...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after the release of U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Trevor Reed from Russia: “I’m relieved that Trevor Reed has been freed from his wrongful detention by Russia. This Marine will now be reunited with his family and get the medical treatment that he needs. Ambassador John Sullivan should be commended for the invaluable work he did in freeing Trevor. It is imperative that Russia release the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after reports confirmed the death of Texas National Guard Specialist Bishop Evans: “Heidi and I are praying for this Guardsman’s family and loved ones receiving this heart-wrenching news. Over this past year, the men and women of the Texas National Guard and Border Patrol have gone well beyond the call of duty to protect our communities and save countless lives. They’re facing off...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) weighed in on the Biden administration’s decision to reinstate Texas’ 1115 Medicaid waiver that had been issued by the Trump administration to ensure federal regulations did not interfere with the ability of health providers in the Lone Star State to provide care to vulnerable Texans enrolled in Medicaid. The Biden administration had rescinded this critically important ten-year waiver, jeopardizing the healthcare of Texans –...

HOUSTON, TX – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced that he will introduce a Congressional Review Act Joint Resolution of Disapproval (CRA) to prohibit President Biden’s Department of Justice from implementing a new rule to expand firearm definitions. Sens. Lankford (R-OK), Braun (R-IN) and Lee (R-UT) are partnering with Sen. Cruz in introducing the resolution. The Biden administration wants to institute a final rule redefining a...

Houston, TX – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, today sent a letter to Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III demanding the remains of the five preborn children discovered by police be preserved for future oversight. In the letter, the Senator states: “I write today in my capacity as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution,...

HOUSTON, TX – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to President Biden urging him to renew Title 42 and pressing him on reports that the administration may lower security standards at the border and raid veteran programs to deal with the self-inflicted crisis at the southern border. According to government estimates, as many as 18,000 illegal immigrants per day are expected to cross the southern border with Title 42 revoked. In...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after today’s vote on Judge Jackson’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court: “Republicans were clear from the outset that we would assess Judge Jackson’s nomination based on her record and judicial philosophy. In examining these qualities throughout the course of these hearings, it became abundantly clear that her record is radical and that she...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, skewered the Biden administration for their incompetence dealing with skyrocketing gas prices.  During today’s hearing, the Senator stated: “Over the past 15 months, we've seen inflation grow higher than any time in the last 40 years. Perhaps the most painful driver of inflation has been the skyrocketing cost of gasoline at the pump. When Joe...

HOUSTON, TX – Senator Cruz (R-TX), sent a letter to the United States Air Force Academy, United States Naval Academy, and United States Military Academy West Point today regarding their handling of exemption requests submitted by cadets and midshipman to the institutions’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate. While cadets and midshipmen have been able to apply for exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine, there are reports that requests based on religious grounds are being routinely...

HOUSTON, TX – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week introduced the GIVE LIFE Act (Doss’s Bill) with Sen. Grassley (R-IA) and the Ending Discrimination in COVID-19 Treatments Act. Doss’s Bill is named after a teenage Texan who was denied a kidney transplant because he had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Both of these bills would ensure that Americans are not discriminated against while trying to access critical, life-saving care.  The GIVE...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to committee Chairman Dick Durbin today calling on him to conduct a critical oversight hearing into the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s pattern of rule-breaking in sensitive investigations.  According to an audit obtained by the Washington Times, FBI agents violated agency rules at least 747 times in 18 months while conducting investigations into politicians,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released a comprehensive review of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s record of handing down significantly lower sentences in criminal cases, but especially lower sentences in cases involving child pornography. The review is linked here and below: JUDGE JACKSON’S DISTURBING RECORD SHOWS SHE HANDS DOWN SENTENCES WELL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE Judge Jackson’s sentences...