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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) this week sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken drawing attention to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today participated in a committee markup on President Biden's nominee to be U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts, Rachael Rollins. Sen. Cruz pointed to her policy while serving as District Attorney for Suffolk County, where she declined to prosecute certain dangerous crimes and pushed for ‘reallocating' police funding. He then urged his Democrat colleagues to consider the safety and security of their...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 3: "Despite controlling the Senate, the House, and the White House, Democrats in Washington, D.C. have refused to govern responsibly and instead focused on radically transforming our country and destroying our economy with crushing tax hikes and spending sprees. "Unfortunately, when they finally got around to funding the government, they...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced a resolution calling attention to the rise in illicit mining and trafficking of gold in Latin America. As the profits derived from illicit gold mining and trafficking surpass those generated by coca and cocaine production, the bipartisan Resolution outlines the pervasive challenges such...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today delivered opening remarks in a bipartisan hearing entitled "Toxic Conservatorships: The Need for Reform." Sen. Cruz discussed how Britney Spears' ongoing conservatorship highlights the need for states to ensure their conservatorship process protects the fundamental rights of their citizens. Read his opening remarks below. "Let me start by thanking you for holding this...

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to President Biden supporting Governor Abbott’s request for a federal emergency declaration as a result of the crisis on the southern border. Last week, Governor Abbott requested federal assistance to help state authorities deal with the influx of illegal immigrants at the Del Rio International Bridge. On September 15, a surge of migrants illegally crossed the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chairman of the committee, will hold a hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 2:30 PM titled "Toxic Conservatorships: The Need for Reform." Upon announcing this hearing, Sen. Cruz said: "Conservatorship abuse has come to the forefront of a political, pop culture, and civil rights conversation like never before in America. Britney Spears'...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week delivered remarks on the Senate floor calling on President Biden to impose bipartisan Congressionally-mandated sanctions to stop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the project comes online. Sen. Cruz quoted Democrat lawmakers as he urged them to reverse Joe Biden's surrender to Putin and prevent this "generational geopolitical blunder." Read excerpts of his floor remarks below. WATCH: Cruz...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) this week sent a letter to President Biden and agencies in his administration demanding answers after Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee the Biden administration facilitate the transport of Afghan men trafficking child brides and other sexual abusers into the U.S. as part of President Biden's botched withdrawal from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Criswell asking to delay the application of the new National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) rate-setting plan, Risk Rating 2.0 (RR 2.0). Specifically, the letter requests a delay to avoid increasing flood insurance rates on policyholders and communities still recovering from the pandemic and recent natural disaster. It also asks FEMA to increase transparency in its...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week delivered remarks on the Senate floor to demand President Biden and his administration take accountability for their disastrous political decisions that directly resulted in the crisis on our southern border. As upwards of 10,000 illegal immigrants flood the Del Rio International Bridge due to an overcapacity at migrant housing facilities, Sen. Cruz called on President Biden to enforce federal immigration law and protect the safety...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and 15 of their Senate colleagues today introduced the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Accountability Act of 2021. Cosponsors of the bill include Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Susan Collins...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) today introduced the Full Faith and Credit Act to ensure the federal government prioritizes funding for our military, veterans and seniors should the federal debt ceiling be reached with no...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Steve Daines (R-Mont.), along with Reps. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) and Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), this week sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, and National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins requesting a complete investigation into the University of Pittsburgh's abortion procedures and research. Recent reports...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to President Biden's first address to the United Nations: "Joe Biden loves to say ‘America's back' and we're ‘building back better.' If he means he's turned America's back on our own people stranded in Afghanistan and is building back better the Taliban's new arsenal, he's doing a bang up job."   ###  

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roger Marshall, (R-Kan.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) today introduced the COVID-19 Vaccine Dishonorable Discharge Prevention Act to prohibit the Department of Defense (DOD) from dishonorably discharging service members for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The House Armed Services Committee recently passed similar language led by Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.) in an amendment to the FY2022 National Defense...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement in response to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visiting Del Rio, Texas as thousands of illegal immigrants flood the Del Rio International Bridge: "President Biden's open border politics and policies are endangering thousands of lives every single day. Now, his administration is trying to do damage control after over 10,000 illegal...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) returned to the border last night as over 10,000 illegal immigrants flooded into Del Rio, due to overcapacity at immigration housing facilities. Upon arrival, Sen. Cruz was briefed by Del Rio Sector Border Patrol Interim Chief Agent in Charge Robert Garcia and command staff at the Del Rio International Bridge to see President Biden's man-made crisis firsthand.After his briefing, Sen. Cruz joined Fox News' ‘Hannity' to discuss the horrific scene...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), along with Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) and Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette M. Guajardo, today applauded the announcement by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that $10 million of federal funding would be allocated to the Packery Channel Restoration Project in Corpus Christi, Texas. Since the destruction of Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the Packery Channel's southern wall has remained damaged, and local leaders have...