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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) outlining concerns about the new application of a heavy vehicle excise tax on feed trucks that are primarily used to feed livestock on farm property. Traditionally, this tax has only applied to heavy vehicles that transport goods over public highways. Recently, however, the IRS has begun notifying feedlots that they must pay a tax on their feed trucks even though...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) today announced their introduction of the bipartisan Military Justice Improvement and Increase Prevention Act and called for their colleagues on both sides of the aisle to swiftly take up and pass the commonsense reform. This legislation moves prosecutions for sexual assault and harassment from the chain of command to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today sent a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) filed an amendment to the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S. 914) to modernize the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The CWSRF is a critically important federal funding mechanism that provides low-interest loans to states to upgrade and construct wastewater infrastructure. Unfortunately, the formula by which CWSRF monies are provided to the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week introduced the Preserving Accountability for National Assets Act of 2021 (PANA Act). The bill would take assets seized from individuals connected to the Chavez and Maduro regimes that are convicted of corruption and place them in a "Venezuela Restoration Fund" to be used by the State Department for building up Venezuelan democracy and civil society. Upon...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after President Biden's first joint address to Congress: "For the millions of Americans who found something better to do tonight than listen to Joe Biden outline his socialist vision for our country, I can summarize his speech in three words for you: boring, but radical." ###

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on The Constitution, today delivered opening remarks at a hearing on Extreme Risk Orders, also known as ‘Red Flag Laws.' Excerpts of his remarks are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz: Federal Red Flag Laws Are Not the Answer to Reducing Gun Violence"In Texas, we have seen far too many mass murders at the hands of deranged and sick individuals. I was in Santa Fe the morning of that shooting. Santa Fe...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As President Biden gives his first Joint Address to Congress, he'll likely be doing so under the guise of unity and make his best attempts to appeal to bipartisanship ­- though what the American people have seen since he took the oath of office has been anything but. President Biden has embraced the radical left, and if Alexandria Ocasio Cortez's recent comments are any measure, his administration has "exceeded" progressives' expectations. But President Biden's efforts to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today joined Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas) and 20 other members on a bicameral letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expressing their concern and disappointment by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) action taken to rescind the 10-year extension of the Texas' Medicaid 1115 Waiver. Co-signers of their letter include U.S. Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Dan...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined Fox News' ‘Fox & Friends' to discuss the real state of the union ahead of President Biden's Joint Address to Congress tonight and his op-ed detailing the radical policies proposed by the president in his first 100 days in office. Highlights of his interview are below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox Discusses President Biden's Radical First 100 Days Ahead of His Joint Address to Congress On President Biden's Joint Address to Congress...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As President Biden's Joint Address to Congress nears, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for Fox News detailing the real state of the union and the ‘boring, but radical' policies the president has proposed to appease the far left members of his party. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: "President Biden will address a joint session of Congress Wednesday night and give Americans an update on the state of the union as he approaches his 100th day in office."...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered remarks on the Senate floor urging his colleagues to vote against President Biden's nominee for Under Secretary for Defense for Policy, Colin Kahl, for his history of conspiracy theories, virulent opposition to Israel, and allegations of weaponizing leaks against opponents. Sen. Cruz also called on President Biden to fire Special Envoy John Kerry if recent reports are verified that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As we near President Biden's Joint Address to Congress and his first 100 days in office, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a video highlighting the administration's ‘boring but radical' policies and President Biden's dedication to providing cover for the far-left. From trying to expand the Supreme Court and pass the ‘Corrupt Politicians Act,' to refusing to address the crisis at the border and destroying thousands of energy jobs with the stroke of a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today penned an op-ed for Newsweek detailing the worsening border crisis created by President Biden's dangerous immigration policies and his Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to the Rio Grande Valley, where Sen. Cruz witnessed firsthand the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the border. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: "This crisis exists because of President Biden's policies. The first week Joe Biden was president, he...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement in response to New York Times reporting on a leaked audiotape of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif claiming President Biden's current Special Envoy for Climate and the former Secretary of State, John Kerry, shared with him that Israel had attacked Iranian interests in Syria at least 200 times: "If this tape is verified, it would signal catastrophic and disqualifying recklessness by Envoy Kerry to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barasso (R-Wyo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today sent a letter to President Biden detailing their eye-opening Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to the border in March to see firsthand the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the southern border. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) today introduced the Disaster Assistance Simplification Act, legislation that would prohibit the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from penalizing victims of qualified natural disasters who apply for, but decline, Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans. Survivors of natural disasters who apply for, but do not accept, SBA disaster loans are currently penalized when...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Democrats ramp up their efforts to politically weaponize the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today spoke in front of the Supreme Court and urged Democrats to preserve the independence of our judiciary and halt their brazen efforts to pack the Court with far-left justices. Highlights of Sen. Cruz's remarks are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Democrats Packing the Supreme Court: Democrats are...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Kennedy (R-La.), today issued the following statement after Senate Democrats blocked their amendment to prohibit federal funding for any institution of higher education that discriminates against Asian Americans in recruitment, applicant review, or admissions: "In an unbelievably cynical move, Senate Democrats blocked efforts to stop discrimination against Asian Americans in higher education, where racial bias has become all too common....