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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) last week introduced the Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2018 (S. 3526), which would ensure that teachers, first responders, law enforcement officers, and other public servants receive Social Security benefits calculated from their work history. Reps. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and Richard Neal (D-Mass.) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.R. 6933. “I am grateful for the men and women who devote...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Free Beacon on Friday highlighted U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) School Security Enhancement Act, which would permit Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants to be utilized by local communities for measures that reinforce school safety infrastructure and technology. The Free Beacon article reports: “the School Security Enhancement Act, would ensure local schools are able to use federal Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today congratulated Jim Allison, Ph.D., chair of Immunology and executive director of the Immunotherapy Platform at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, for receiving the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.  “This is an important day for the medical community in Texas and around the world,” Sen. Cruz said. “Congratulations to Dr. Allison for receiving the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation participated in a hearing last week focused on how leading technology companies handle American consumers’ privacy and security. During the hearing, Sen. Cruz questioned Keith Enright, Google’s Chief Privacy Officer, to uncover the truth regarding Google’s ‘Project Dragonfly,’ which has been reported in the press to be a search engine...

  September 30, 2018 Greetings, This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. There, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was given a full and fair opportunity to tell her story, and Judge Kavanaugh was given a full and fair opportunity to defend himself. That was the right thing to do. I expressed my concerns over Senate Judiciary Democrats’ inaction and delay in handling the allegations...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today participated in a hearing on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. There, he expressed his concerns over Senate Judiciary Democrats’ inaction and delay in handling the allegations presented before the Senate Judiciary Committee, and especially how this delay harmed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Kavanaugh, their families, their reputations, and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ayer, el Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado aprobó un proyecto de ley bipartidista, estructurada en parte en la Ley Nicaragüense de Condicionalidad de Inversión (S. 2265), coautora por Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) y Patrick Leahy (D-VT.), para hacer al presidente Daniel Ortega y su régimen responsable de sus violaciones a los derechos humanos y la corrupción en Nicaragua. El senador Cruz emitió la siguiente...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three bills led by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) addressing international and domestic issues advanced in the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations markups today with strong bipartisan support. “I am proud to work with my colleagues across the aisle to address the national security and domestic concerns of the American people,” Sen. Cruz said. “These three bills do just...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation participated in a hearing today titled, “Examining Safeguards for Consumer Data Privacy.” There, he directed his line of questioning towards Google’s Chief Privacy Officer, Keith Enright, raising concerns of Google’s cooperation to abide by the Chinese government’s censorship rules yet refusing to fulfill a contract with the U.S....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced the School Security Enhancement Act, which allows local communities to utilize Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grants for measures that reinforce school safety infrastructure and technology. “Texas has not been exempt from the horror of school shootings,” Sen. Cruz said. “All of us have been horrified by the violent attacks on our students. These students, along with...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their bill, the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium Act, unanimously passed the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: “I commend the Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee for advancing this bill to solidify cooperation between the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cybersecurity Preparedness Consortium,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, today chaired a hearing with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, on the future of America’s ability to maintain its leadership in space as the U.S. looks to return to the moon and pursue an expedition to Mars. The hearing was also an opportunity for NASA to present the agency’s priorities as the subcommittee prepares new legislation that will reauthorize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Doug Jones’ (D-Ala.) Civil Rights Cold Case Records Collection Act of 2018 was reported by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with strong bipartisan support. The bill would require the review, declassification, and release of government records related to unsolved criminal civil rights cases. “The civil rights movement triumphed by securing for millions of people their rightful share...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to report bipartisan legislation, built in part on the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (S. 2265), co-authored by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), to hold President Daniel Ortega and his regime accountable for its human rights abuses and corruption in Nicaragua. Sen. Cruz issued the following statement applauding the vote: “Nicaragua is facing the largest uprising since the civil war...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for voting to report a measure built on his bipartisan bill, the STOP Using Human Shields Act, which would impose sanctions on terrorists who use civilians as human shields, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and their enablers.  “I commend the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for moving forward with my bipartisan bill, co-sponsored by 44 senators, to hold terrorists accountable for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Venezuela Humanitarian Relief, Reconstruction, and Rule of Law Act of 2018. This bipartisan legislation expands humanitarian relief efforts to the people of Venezuela, while...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement applauding the Trump administration’s decision to conduct regular arms sales to Taiwan: “I am glad to see the Trump administration conducting regular arms sales to our Taiwanese allies, after many years in which the Obama administration played politics with our legal obligations to Taipei. These sales advance American national security both by empowering our allies to defend themselves and by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today commended Washington, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson and D.C. Councilmembers for introducing legislation similar to his Hidden Figures Way Designation Act. This bipartisan bill designates the street in front of NASA’s headquarters as “Hidden Figures Way,” in honor of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson, who were featured in the movie Hidden Figures, and all women who have dedicated their lives to...

  September 22, 2018 Greetings, On Thursday, during a tour of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston with Presidential Advisor Ivanka Trump and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, I had the opportunity to talk with the crew members of Expedition 56, who are stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). Texas has always been a leader in space exploration, and I am grateful for the good work of the men and women at JSC.  I am pleased that this week the Army...