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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today wrote an op-ed for Fox News highlighting National School Choice Week, his efforts to expand school choice, and slamming teachers union bosses for keeping schools closed amid the pandemic.  In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: "A quality education is a gateway to the American Dream. For many years, the school choice movement -- a movement of Americans from all walks of life -- has fought to free students trapped in failing schools and put them...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) this week sent a letter urging President Biden to follow good government practices regarding late-term federal regulations put forward by President Trump's administration, and reminding him that there are proper procedures in place to ensure both thoughtful rulemaking and oversight of those rules by Congress. Final rules that have completed the rulemaking process generally do not go into effect until at least 30 days after...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Barraso (R-Wyo.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Thune (R-S.D.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Cynthia Lummis (R- Wyo.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Roger Marshall (R- Kan.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Rick...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), this week introduced a bill to ensure the historic GOP tax cuts on individuals become permanent as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate American families. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this legislation in 2018 and 2019. Upon introduction, Sen. Cruz said: "In the wake of the economic devastation wrought by the COVID-19 virus, millions of hardworking...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), along with Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.),...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) today sent a letter with 24 of their Senate colleagues to President Biden voicing their concerns about the new administration's recent executive orders and regulatory actions targeting the domestic energy sector and the thousands of good-paying American jobs it supports, and requesting a meeting with the president. The letter is cosigned by U.S. Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Shelley Moore...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) today introduced legislation to block certain federal funds to sanctuary states, including those that allow illegal aliens to get driver licenses without proof of lawful presence. U.S. Rep Ken Buck (R-Colo.) will be introducing companion legislation in the House of Representatives. Upon introduction...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this week appeared on ‘Fox News Primetime' with Maria Bartiromo and ‘The Mark Levin Show' to discuss President Biden's job-killing executive actions and his administration's catastrophic rush to embrace China. Key excerpts are below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox Slams Team Biden's Embrace of Communist China LISTEN: Cruz on Mark Levin: Biden Administration is Rushing to Embrace China On Team...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today introduced ‘Sarah's Law,' legislation named after Sarah Root, an Iowan killed by an illegal immigrant who was released by federal law enforcement due to a loophole in the law and never faced justice. ‘Sarah's Law' requires federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants criminally charged with killing or seriously injuring another person. In just his first week in office, President Biden reversed the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) this week introduced the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The legislation would provide common-sense protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization, a point at which there is significant scientific evidence that abortion inflicts tremendous pain on the unborn. The legislation is cosponsored by Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), John Boozman...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today urged his Senate colleagues to oppose the confirmation of President Biden's nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. In a Dear Colleague letter, Sen. Cruz outlined a long list of ethical, legal, and policy failures throughout Mr. Mayorkas' public service tenure - including abuses of power that provided special government favors to benefit well-connected Democrats, such as securing an EB-5 visa...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), this week introduced the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act to expand elementary, secondary, and vocational education opportunities for students by providing a federal tax credit to encourage individuals and businesses to donate to nonprofit scholarship...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.), this week introduced the Student Empowerment Act to expand 529 College Savings Plans to include K-12 elementary and secondary school expenses for public, private, and religious schools, including homeschool students. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) sponsored the companion bill in the House of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Kennedy (R-La.) today introduced legislation to protect jobs and drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and the conservation efforts they fund. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) cosponsored the bill. President Joe Biden announced today a moratorium on issuing new oil and gas leases on federal lands and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week appeared on ‘The Hugh Hewitt Show’ and Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ to discuss the Democrats’ impeachment efforts and the Biden administration’s dangerous energy policies. Excerpts are below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox: Democrats Are Using Impeachment as a Form of Petty Retribution On the Democrats’ latest effort to impeach former President Trump, Sen. Cruz said: “The Democrats are demonstrating...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today questioned Linda Thomas-Greenfield, President Biden’s nominee for Ambassador to the United Nations, over her past comments praising the Chinese Communist Party and downplaying the risk that China poses to the security and safety of the American people. Thomas-Greenfield made those remarks at an event sponsored by the Confucius Institute, a key propaganda platform for the Chinese...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement after voting against confirming the nomination of Antony J. Blinken to serve as Secretary of State:  “The policies that Mr. Blinken has committed to implementing as Secretary of State, especially regarding Iran, will dangerously erode America’s national security and will put the Biden administration on a collision course with Congress, and...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), today sent a letter to incoming Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), incoming Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.), and outgoing Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), calling for the Senate Judiciary...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.), today reintroduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would impose term limits on Members of Congress. U.S. Senators would be limited to two six-year terms and members of the House of Representatives to three two year terms. Upon reintroduction, Sen. Cruz said: “Every year, Congress spends billions of...