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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement marking 19 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks: "Nineteen years ago, Islamic terrorists crashed planes into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in New York, crashed a plane into the Pentagon, and had hijacked a plane headed toward Washington, D.C. that crashed in a Pennsylvania field. "Over three thousand innocent American lives were taken that day through acts of pure evil. Thousands...

WASHINGTON. D.C. - After introducing the RECOVERY Act, comprehensive legislation to safely re-open the economy and get Americans back to work and school, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on CNBC's ‘Squawk Box' and Dallas' ‘Mark Davis Show' to discuss his bill and Senate Republicans' effort to pass targeted COVID-19 relief. Excerpts of the interviews are below. On the next phase of COVID-19 relief and Democrats' political posturing, Sen. Cruz said: "I believe Nancy Pelosi and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats voted against a targeted legislative package to help Americans who are hurting as a result of the coronavirus pandemic: "Today, Democrats made clear that their political games are more important than delivering relief to families across the country who are out of work, unable to send their children to school, and worried about how they're going to make ends meet. Maximizing economic pain for...

WASHINGTON. D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after President Trump put him on the list of potential Supreme Court nominees the president might choose from in a second term: "I am grateful for the president's confidence in me and for his leadership in nominating principled constitutionalists to the federal bench over the last four years. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I've been proud to help...

WASHINGTON. D.C. - In a new op-ed for CNBC, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) outlines how his comprehensive RECOVERY Act would help small businesses re-hire their employees and create jobs, help kids get back to school safely, allow Americans to catch-up on their retirement savings, and help find cures for COVID-19 while increasing testing. Earlier today, Sen. Cruz highlighted the bill in an appearance on CNBC's ‘Squawk Box.' Watch the full interview here. Read the full op-ed here and below:...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement after Senate Republican leadership unveiled a targeted legislative package, which includes several proposals championed by Sen. Cruz to expand school choice, to help Americans who are hurting as a result of the coronavirus pandemic: "Among the most significant questions facing parents during the coronavirus pandemic, few have been more daunting than how to ensure our children can continue learning and growing,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday introduced the Reinvigorating the Economy, Creating Opportunity for every Vocation, Employer, Retiree & Youth (RECOVERY) Act, legislation that would help small businesses re-hire their employees and create jobs, help kids get back to school safely, allow Americans to catch-up on their retirement savings, and help find cures for COVID-19 while increasing testing. This morning, Sen. Cruz appeared on CNBC Squawk Box to highlight the...

WASHINGTON. D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) today wrote Senate leadership requesting the U.S. Senate take up emergency supplemental appropriations to ensure a full recovery from Hurricane Laura's destruction in Texas and Louisiana. In the letter the senators wrote: "From initial reports, Hurricane Laura has caused tens of billions of dollars of damage. Understandably, the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters are...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on The Constitution, today issued the following statement condemning Facebook's decision to block new political advertising the week before Election Day, as well as measures to limit posts they deem to be "misinformation," including statements about the risks of mail-in voter fraud: "Just as social media companies had an outsized role in influencing our presidential election in 2016, Facebook and its Silicon...

HOUSTON, Texas - This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined "John Solomon Reports" to discuss Democrats' cynical decision to keep the economy and schools shut down until Election Day and refusal to condemn violent rioting. While on the show, Sen. Cruz also highlighted the Obama-Biden administration's politicization of the Department of Justice. Finally, Sen. Cruz discussed his efforts to stop the sale of the deadly abortion pill and unwind the U.S. from China. Catch Sen. Cruz's full...

WASHINGTON. D.C. - Led by U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican senators are investigating how a Mexican national illegally in the country was never removed despite having a history of violent and illegal behavior that culminated in the deaths of four law enforcement motorcycle club members. Ivan Robles Navejas is charged with causing a head-on collision with members of the Thin Blue Line Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club...

HOUSTON, Texas - As many businesses and schools remain closed and men and women across the country remain unemployed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, President Trump reaffirmed his commitment to address two priorities important to the American people during these uncertain times: expanding school choice and decoupling our economy from China's. ON SCHOOL CHOICE In a recent interview, President Trump said, "I'd love to see school choice [...] Education is going to be a big factor for...

HOUSTON. Texas - With only 61 days until Election Day, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today highlighted the foreign policy achievements of the Trump administration that have kept Americans safe and warned against a Biden administration - which would undoubtedly risk America's national security. In an op-ed for Real Clear Politics, Sen. Cruz outlined four areas in which the Trump administration have made significant strides to advance America's...

HOUSTON, Texas - As Democrat politicians embrace calls from the radical Left to defund the police and allow the mob to sow violence and anarchy across the country, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today signed Heritage Action's Police Pledge to reaffirm his support for the men and women of our nation's law enforcement and his commitment to ensuring the safety and security of our communities. The pledge calls on Americans to "stand with America's Police and pledge to oppose any bill, resolution, or...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) led a group of 20 Republican senators in urging U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn to exercise the FDA's authority to classify the abortion pill Mifeprex (or mifepristone) as an "imminent hazard to the public health" that poses a "significant threat of danger," a classification that would result in the removal of this pill from the U.S. Market. In a letter to Commissioner Hahn, the senators wrote: "It is by now...

WASHINGTON. D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Aviation and Space Subcommittee, and his colleagues Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) today led a bipartisan group of over 20 of their colleagues in sending a letter to the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urging them to fully implement two aviation workforce grant programs authorized in the 2018 FAA Reauthorization bill that invest in and expand the development...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), today issued a statement marking one year since the shooting in Midland-Odessa that killed eight people, including the shooter, and injured 25 others: "On August 31st last year, a deranged man committed an act of unspeakable evil that shook West Texas and left the nation weeping for the third time that month, after the shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. Eight people lost their lives that day, among them Rudy Arco, whose family escaped from...

ORANGE, Texas -U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined President Donald J. Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) in Orange, Texas for a roundtable discussion with various local, state, and federal officials to discuss the federal response in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura's Thursday morning landfall. The full video of today's roundtable can be viewed here and below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz Joins President Trump and Gov. Abbott at a Roundtable on Hurricane Laura in Orange, Texas Regarding the...

HOUSTON, Texas - This week, before Hurricane Laura's landfall in Southeast Texas, Sen. Cruz continued his statewide tele-tour to talk with working men and women across Texas on how to safely reopen our businesses and schools as we work to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Throughout the week, Sen. Cruz spoke with the U.S. India Chamber of Commerce of Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as the Chambers of Commerce from Nacogdoches County, Texarkana, Irving, and Midlothian. He also participated in a higher...