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HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the passing of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.): "Heidi and I join men and women across the globe in grieving the loss of the great John Lewis. In my first year in the Senate, I had the privilege of traveling with John and much of the Congressional Black Caucus to Nelson Mandela's funeral in Johannesburg. "During the trip, John regaled us with stories of being alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As one of the original...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement today in response to the announcement by Secretary of State Pompeo that the United States considers Russian energy export pipelines in Europe, including the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, subject to sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA): "I applaud the Trump administration's announcement that Nord Stream 2 and other Russian...

HOUSTON, Texas - Following the rollout of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's "clean energy" proposal, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today slammed the $2 trillion plan to "transform" the American blue-collar economy into a "green" economy at the expense of hundreds of thousands of good paying jobs. WATCH: Democrats Have Declared War on America's Blue-Collar Boom In his latest op-ed for the Washington Examiner, Sen. Cruz wrote: "If you need more evidence that Democrats have...

HOUSTON, Texas - Today, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced sanctions against several U.S. officials, including U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for speaking out against the horrific human rights abuses occurring in the authoritarian state. In response, Sen. Cruz said: "The Chinese Communist Party is terrified and lashing out. They forced over one million Uighurs into concentration camps and engaged in ethnic cleansing, including horrific...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As city officials across the country continue to pander to the radical Left by attempting to defund their police departments, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a video warning against the dangers of kowtowing to the demands of the far Left, and called on leaders to "stand up and defend America unapologetically." WATCH: We Will Defend America Against Violent Anarchists It is now abundantly clear that we cannot count on Democratic leaders to protect the most vulnerable...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and John Cornyn (R-Texas), along with Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), today sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin detailing their concerns about reports that the primary investor in a wind farm near Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB) in Val Verde County has connections to the Chinese Communist Party, potentially undermining American national security. In the letter, they wrote: "There is concern that a project with ties to the Chinese...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas) along with Reps. Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), Filemon Vela (D-Texas), and Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) sent a letter to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar requesting the federal government provide additional financial support and stand up a field hospital to help respond to the COVID-19 surge in the Rio Grande Valley. In the letter, the Members of Congress detail the situation in the Rio Grande Valley and ask...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, today applauded the latest two Supreme Court decisions protecting religious liberty for every American. On the 7-2 ruling in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, upholding the Trump administration's decision to exempt religious non-profits and other organizations from Obamacare's contraception mandate, Sen. Cruz said: "In 2017, the Trump administration made the right decision to roll back...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Trump administration's decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization: "The World Health Organization can no longer be trusted. It had an obligation to warn the world about the coronavirus. Instead, the organization helped the Chinese Communist Party cover it up, allowing the outbreak in Wuhan to become a global pandemic...

Greetings,  This summer, as we are battling a deadly global pandemic, an angry mob has gotten out of control, and our businesses, our institutions, and our history are getting dragged into the riot riptide. What began with rightful outrage over the horrific act of police brutality that unjustly took the life of George Floyd on Memorial Day has devolved into angry rioters exploiting peaceful protests to sow chaos and division.These violent individuals have destroyed businesses and...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after Fort Hood confirmed the identification of remains found near Little River Academy, Texas, as Spc. Vanessa Guillen, who had been missing since April: "Heidi and I join the Guillen family in mourning Spc. Vanessa Guillen, a native Houstonian who courageously chose to serve our country. Her killing was a heinous act of evil, and I will continue to work with the Pentagon and Fort Hood to ensure justice is...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in advance of Independence Day: "This weekend, we celebrate the birth of our nation and the gift of independence. Throughout the history of mankind, freedom has been the exception. And yet, here in America, freedom has been delivered and defended for every man, women, and child. "Each day, our brave men and women in uniform risk life and limb here at home and across the globe to preserve and defend that...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - With violent crime on the rise and Democratic politicians allowing radical Leftists' dangerous "defund the police" movement to gain steam, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Wednesday appeared on Fox News' ‘Hannity' and the ‘Joe Pags Show,' where he slammed the violence and riots and urged U.S. officials and politicians to stand up and defend America. Catch Sen. Cruz's full interview with Sean Hannity here and with Joe Pagliarulo here. Excerpts are below. ON THE FIRST...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Reps. James P. McGovern (D-Mass.) and Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) were joined by 73 members of the Senate and the House in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin regarding the ongoing atrocities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. The...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today spoke on the Senate Floor objecting to Sen. Dick Durbin's (D-Ill.) attempt to pass by unanimous consent H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, which would grant amnesty to millions of DACA recipients. In his remarks, Sen. Cruz condemned the recent Supreme Court decision on DACA and Democrats' focus on those here illegally, instead of on the 44 million American workers who have lost their jobs in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic....

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced that they will offer the bipartisan Military Justice Improvement Act as an amendment to this year's National Defense Authorization Act. The Military Justice Improvement Act would professionalize how the military prosecutes serious crimes by moving the decision over whether to prosecute them to independent, trained, professional military prosecutors. Despite years of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the nomination of Doug Benevento to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): "The price of RINs has more than quadrupled since the beginning of the year, and now sits around $0.50. These sky-high prices coupled with the energy and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic have wreaked havoc on America's small refineries and blue-collar workers. Time and time again,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today introduced the Loan Interest Forgiveness for Taxpayers Under a Pandemic (LIFT UP) Act, legislation that would expand the eligibility for debt forgiveness provided in the CARES Act to small businesses that received Small Business Administration (SBA) disaster loans. "Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and it's important we provide job creators the...

HOUSTON, Texas - Late last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) rebuked New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a letter for his targeting of the Jewish community during the coronavirus pandemic, including threats to permanently shut down houses of worship. And just today a federal judge ruled that Mayor De Blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo have violated the Constitution, and struck down coronavirus lockdown orders that have prevented outdoor and indoor religious activity. In the letter to the...