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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) today introduced a bill to remove the antitrust exemption for Major League Baseball (MLB). Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), with over 20 cosponsors, has produced companion legislation in the House. Yesterday, Sens. Cruz, Lee, and Hawley spoke to reporters and announced their bill in response to the MLB's hyper-partisan decision to move the 2021 All-Star game...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today introduced a resolution commending the bravery and hard work of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents as they attempt to manage the crisis at the southern border. Last month, Sen. Cruz and his Senate colleagues visited the Rio Grande Valley to receive a briefing from CBP officers and local officials on the humanitarian, national security, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) sent a letter today to the Federal Bureau of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today announced legislation to remove Major League Baseball's (MLB) federal antitrust protection in response to their hyper-partisan decision to move the 2021 MLB All-Star game and draft out of Atlanta, Georgia. Sen. Cruz's full opening remarks are below. "This last month has seen a significant and indeed a dramatic change in our country, and not a change for the good. This past month, we have seen the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) today introduced a resolution in celebration and recognition of Baylor University's 2021 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship title. Upon introduction of this resolution, Sen. Cruz said: "I am proud to honor Baylor men's basketball team for bringing home to Waco an incredible victory. This one-of-a-kind team showcased the competitiveness and dedication of Texans throughout the tournament, and they will no doubt continue to...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the VA AID Act to streamline U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) claims processing and ensure the appropriate benefits are sent to eligible low-income, senior veterans in a timely manner. This legislation will authorize the VA to execute a three-year pilot program contracting a third-party entity to improve the efficiency of the VA application and adjudication process for wartime pension claims, reducing pension claim...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement in response to President Biden's announcement that he will order a commission to study expanding the Supreme Court: "President Biden's announcement is no surprise as Democrats have long signaled their intent to pack the Supreme Court with activist judges to rubber stamp their radical agenda. I urge my colleagues to act swiftly and pass my proposals to prevent the...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) this week sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray to ask what their agencies are doing to protect the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. The Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse has been the target of repeated attacks by...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in response to President Biden's plan to send a reported $75 million in general economic support payments from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. State Department into territories controlled by the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas. Co-signers of the letter include...

HOUSTON, Texas - As the number of illegal aliens streaming across our border reaches the highest levels in at least 15 years, Americans are sick and tired of President Biden's failure to address this crisis. Recent polling indicates that a majority of Americans disapprove of President Biden's handling of our border security and immigration system. As the number of unaccompanied children taken into custody increased an earthshattering 99% from February to March with more than 18,800 taken into...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) today introduced the Transparency for Confucius Institutes Act. Confucius Institutes, which are run and paid for by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), currently operate at 55 American colleges and universities. They allow China to discretely influence what...

HOUSTON, Texas - After weeks of shocking reports detailing the humanitarian crisis at the southern border and Sen. Cruz's recent Congressional Delegation (CODEL) trip to the Rio Grande Valley, President Biden finally ended his media blackout of border detention facilities allowing press inside the Donna Customs and Border Protection facility for the first time during his presidency. The footage taken by Sen. Cruz and his Senate colleagues allowed the American people to finally see the crisis...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that will destroy American jobs and stunt economic growth: "Rebuilding America's infrastructure should be a bipartisan effort, focused on strengthening America's highways, bridges, and roads. Unfortunately, under President Biden, we've seen the radical Left emboldened to hijack Congress' important work to push their extreme partisan agenda and today...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week appeared on Fox News' ‘Hannity' and ‘Fox & Friends' to discuss his recent Congressional Delegation trip to the border and President Biden's upcoming massive infrastructure spending package. Highlights of his interviews are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Fox: President Biden's Decisions Created This Border Crisis On his trip to the border and the ongoing crisis caused by President Biden's policies, Sen. Cruz said: "We encountered...

Greetings, Last week, I led a delegation of 18 of my Senate Republican colleagues to the southern border in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) of Texas to see firsthand the ongoing crisis. The first night, we went out with Border Patrol agents on their midnight patrol and witnessed a stream of people crossing into the country illegally, many young children and mothers, turning themselves in to agents. During the night patrol, we heard cartel members taunting us as we toured the border. They knew...

DALLAS, Texas - As the desperate crisis on our southern border continues to spiral out of control, newly released projections estimate that this surge could last at least seven more months and result in 159,000 to 184,000 unaccompanied children crossing the border illegally before the end of September. Yesterday Axios reported that in September 2021, approximately 22,000 to 26,000 unaccompanied minors are expected to come into the United States, showing there is no end in sight for this crisis....

HOUSTON, Texas - After leading a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to the southern border last week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter today to President Biden demanding press access for a tour of the Kay Bailey Hutchinson ("KBH") Convention Center in Dallas, a facility housing illegal immigrants awaiting processing. Sen. Cruz slammed President Biden for not allowing any press access for his delegation's tour of the Donna Facility, in Donna, Texas, or a second makeshift holding location...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today appeared on Fox News' ‘Sunday Morning Futures' to discuss what he saw after leading a group of 18 his Senate colleagues to visit the border. Watch Sen. Cruz's full interview with Maria Bartiromo here. Key excerpts are included below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox Discusses Recent Border Tour & Heartbreaking Realities of the Crisis President Biden Created On what he saw touring the Donna U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility, Sen....

MISSION, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), joined by Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) this...