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WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and 26 Republican colleagues in the Senate, today sent a letter urging leadership to provide businesses with regulatory relief in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the global pandemic. In the letter, they wrote: "In contrast to unsustainable increases in federal spending, the easing of regulatory burdens - estimated to cost businesses as much as $1.9 trillion - will have broader macroeconomic effects by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of both the Senate Judiciary Committee and Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Senate's passage of the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020, legislation to protect American civil liberties and national security: "Last year the Inspector General released a deeply troubling report detailing serious abuses of power by the FBI and DOJ. Officials at these agencies created fraudulent evidence and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after the Senate Judiciary Committee approved of the nomination of Drew Tipton to fill a judicial vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Corpus Christi, the last federal judicial vacancy to be filled in Texas: "I am confident Drew's experiences as a trial advocate and his deep history of service in the Southern District will make him an excellent judge,"...

WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Sens. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.), Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today introduced the Expanding Medical Partnerships with Israel to Lessen Dependence on China Act, legislation to enhance partnerships between companies in the U.S. and Israel to develop innovative medical projects...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the Onshoring Rare Earths Act of 2020 or ORE Act, legislation to end U.S. dependence on China for rare earth elements and other critical minerals used to manufacture our defense technologies and high tech products by establishing a supply chain for these minerals in the U.S., including by requiring the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to source these minerals domestically. Upon...

Greetings,  This week, I returned to Washington, D.C. with my colleagues in the Senate. With more than 75,000 American lives lost to COVID-19, small businesses facing bankruptcy, and blue-collar energy jobs hanging in the balance, we have an important job to do in order to protect public health, get people safely back to work, and get the economy back on its feet. Going forward, I’ve outlined four critical priorities that Congress...

DALLAS, Texas - As Texas begins to re-open its economy, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today got a haircut at Salon à la Mode to show his support for salon owner Shelley Luther, who was wrongly imprisoned when she refused to apologize for trying to earn a living and provide for her family amid the coronavirus pandemic. Luther, who was released from jail last night following an order from the Texas Supreme Court, safely re-opened her salon in accordance with Texas law this morning. After his...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), along with colleagues in the House and Senate, this week penned a letter to President Trump urging him to prevent Wall Street banks, that have already benefitted immensely through government-backed loan programs, from discriminating against America’s energy producers.  As the Senators and Representatives wrote: “We write with critical concern as major American financial...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - America has always been a prayerful nation. In times of joy and in hardship, Americans have reverently turned to prayer for peace, comfort, and strength. Created after two world wars and an economic collapse, and with the Cold War only just beginning, the National Day of Prayer was a bipartisan call to men and women of all faiths to pray for America. Our country is facing enormous challenges. This pandemic has taken more than 73,000 American lives, and has put at least 33...

WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to extend and expand his April 22, 2020 Proclamation on immigration. In the letter, they ask President Trump to suspend all new guest worker visas for sixty days, and to suspend certain categories of new guest worker visas for at least the next year, or until unemployment has returned to normal levels. In the letter, they...

WASHINGTON, D.C - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared on Fox News' ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight', the Hugh Hewitt Show, and CNBC's ‘Squawk Box,' to discuss the next steps Congress must take to get the more than 30 million Americans who have filed for unemployment safely back to work, the economy back on its feet, and to counter China's censorship and hold them accountable for the spread of this deadly coronavirus. Excerpts from the interviews are below. ON GETTING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE...

WASHINGTON, D.C - As America's first responders face perils on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, a bipartisan group of senators is working to ensure families of public safety officers lost to COVID-19 can quickly access survivor benefits. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in introducing the Safeguarding America's First Responders Act (SAFR) that clarifies the certification requirements for survivor benefits under the Public...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Senate colleagues sent a letter today to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) Acting Director Regina Lombardo encouraging them to protect peoples' Second Amendment rights during the coronavirus pandemic. In the letter they wrote: "As our country continues to respond to the pandemic, we are seeking additional information on the impact the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Senate returns to session, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) outlines four critical priorities that Congress should focus on in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the economic crisis that has followed in his latest op-ed in The Hill. Those priorities include: Re-opening our economy and getting Americans back to work. Pushing pause on spending and not allowing Speaker Pelosi to hijack discussions going forward. Cutting taxes and lifting regulations to help grow the...

HOUSTON, Texas - Ahead of the Senate's return to Washington, D.C., U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, this weekend appeared on Fox News' ‘Justice with Judge Jeanine' and ‘Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo,' where he called for a fundamental reassessment of the U.S.-China relationship. In the interviews, Sen. Cruz highlighted his legislative efforts to unwind the U.S. from China, counter China's censorship and information warfare...

HOUSTON, Texas - Following the 10 tornadoes and other severe weather that hit North Texas last fall, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and John Cornyn (R-Texas), along with Reps. Colin Allred (D-Texas), Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Roger Williams (R-Texas), Van Taylor (R-Texas), Mike Conaway (R-Texas), and Filemon Vela (D-Texas) on Thursday sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Pete T. Gaynor in support of Governor Abbott's final appeal of FEMA's decision to...

HOUSTON, Texas - With more than 30 million Americans unemployed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, now more than ever, it's important that small businesses are best equipped to jumpstart the economy. Chambers of commerce provide valuable support to job creators and businesses, which is why U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today announced his intention to introduce legislation to ensure chambers have access to emergency relief funding provided under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging the Administration to reject states' efforts to receive taxpayer dollars for non-coronavirus related expenses, particularly bailouts for underfunded pension plans. In the letter, they wrote: "Americans expect that their tax dollars will be used for Coronavirus response, not to backfill decades of bad fiscal policy. As...

HOUSTON, Texas - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) today announced their intention to introduce the "Countering Chinese Attempts at Snooping" or CCAS Act, legislation to prevent Chinese surveillance and espionage by prohibiting U.S. federal employees from conducting official business over platforms run by Tencent, Huawei, ZTE and other companies the U.S. Department of State determines are controlled by the Chinese...