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October 21, 2016 Greetings, This week, I met with small business owners, industry and community leaders across Texas to discuss ways to remove the Obama administration’s crushing regulations that hammer the private sector and stand in the way of creating more, good-paying Texas jobs. Bureaucrats in Washington refuse to recognize that the keys to job creation and a thriving economy are small businesses, entrepreneurs, and hardworking people who assume risks to meet a need. If we want to...

RICHARDSON, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today participated in a North Texas business roundtable with the Richardson, Oak Cliff, DeSoto, and Cedar Hill Chambers of Commerce, in which he discussed rolling back burdensome regulations on small businesses and paving the way for a thriving economy in the state. “Texans understand that economic growth doesn’t come from Washington,” Sen. Cruz said. “Government agencies do not drive the economy. Entrepreneurs all...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today attended a roundtable hosted by the Greater San Marcos Partnership with more than a dozen San Marcos-area job creators to discuss economic development and growth in the I-35 corridor. The roundtable took place at Mensor LP, an advanced manufacturer in San Marcos.  “A top priority of mine in the Senate from day one has been the creation of more good paying jobs and overall economic growth. And that’s true for a very...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Sunday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and President of the Susan B. Anthony List Marjorie Dannenfelser penned an op-ed for Conservative Review regarding Planned Parenthood’s 100th anniversary. Cruz and Dannenfelser admonished Planned Parenthood for the disturbing ideology upon which it was founded and mourned the millions of unborn children who have been denied the right to live at the hands of the abortion industry.  “While anti-life advocates may...

October 14, 2016 Greetings, This week, I traveled across the Texas Panhandle to tour several agriculture operations crucial to our state and nation’s economy. I visited with dozens of West Texas job creators and industry leaders to learn more about their crops, their businesses, and their concerns. Our state has a dynamic agriculture presence, and at each stop, I witnessed the hard work and true grit that continue to shape the Lone Star State. From cotton to dairy, corn to livestock,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released a video highlighting his West Texas agriculture tour. This week, Cruz traveled across the Texas Panhandle meeting with various agriculture industry leaders and operators to better understand their needs and concerns. Sen. Cruz’s tour included meetings with cotton, wine and grape, dairy, livestock feed, and corn producers.  “Agriculture has long been a pillar of Texas’ economy and is an integral part of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) vote on the resolution “Occupied Palestine” regarding the identity of Jerusalem’s Old City:                        “Today, UNESCO doubled down on its reflexive anti-Israel bias by voting for yet another resolution that deliberately...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), and 16 other senators today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Joseph Dunford regarding their recent testimony in a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. In the letter, the senators raise serious concerns regarding the Obama administration’s failure to notify top United States military officials about its $1.7 billion cash ransom payment to the Islamic...

CACTUS, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today concluded his West Texas agriculture tour with final stops at Hilmar Cheese Company and a corn harvest in Dalhart, along with a tour of Cactus Feeders in Cactus.  Since Sunday, Cruz has traveled across the Texas Panhandle meeting with various agriculture industry leaders and operators to better understand their needs. Sen. Cruz’s tour has included meetings with cotton, wine and grape, dairy, livestock feed, and corn producers....

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) kicked off an agriculture tour in West Texas, where he visited local farms and met with Texas agriculture industry leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face. Specifically, Sen. Cruz visited Ropesville, Meadow, Muleshoe, and Friona and met with cotton, wine and grape, dairy, livestock feed, and maize farmers. Cruz will conclude the agriculture tour today with stops in Dalhart and Cactus. Following is a summary of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) today led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to members of the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) urging opposition to an item in UNESCO's provisional agenda, a resolution that would diminish the historic and verified Jewish and Christian ties to the Old City of Jerusalem in an effort to delegitimize Israel. Thirty-nine of Sen. Cruz’s and...

FRIONA, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today continued his state agriculture tour, meeting with wine and grape, dairy, livestock feed, and maize farmers in West Texas to discuss their unique operations and needs.  Sen. Cruz toured the Bingham Family Vineyards in Meadow and stopped at Leal’s Mexican Restaurant and tortilla factory in Muleshoe for lunch. Cruz also visited the Del Rio Dairy and Hi Pro Feeds mill in Friona and later observed a local maize...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday kicked off a three-day agriculture tour in West Texas. Sen. Cruz visited with cotton farmers at the Dahlen K. Hancock Family Farm in Ropesville, and today, met with cotton industry leaders at the Meadow Farmers Co-Op Gin in Meadow. Cruz toured the cotton farms and spoke with the farmers about solutions that can help Texas agriculture thrive. “Agriculture has long been a pillar of Texas’ economy and is an integral part of...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement on the eve of Rosh Hashanah: "Heidi and I wish a Shana Tova - a happy, healthy, and sweet new year - to all of those celebrating Rosh Hashanah. "The Talmud teaches that there are three main themes to Rosh Hashanah - acceptance of God's kingship over all mankind; remembrance of our past deeds and actions; and sounding of the shofar, symbolizing purity and renewal. As the Jewish people celebrate the arrival of a...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, questioning the administration’s pattern of ineffectiveness at preventing terror attacks on American soil in light of the recent bombings in New York and New Jersey carried out by Ahmad Khan Rahami. In the letter, Sen. Cruz identifies multiple red flags...

September 30, 2016 America has long been a beacon of hope for all those who have endured oppression around the globe. We have welcomed refugees for centuries, and we will continue to uphold that generous spirit. Unfortunately, with the rise of ISIS and its sympathizers, we also face an enemy that has vowed to infiltrate our refugee system in order to attack us. That very real and present danger requires increased vigilance.  But rather than taking basic steps to protect the American people,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on Wednesday joined together to introduce a bipartisan resolution honoring Cuban dissident Guillermo “El Coco” Fariñas and his ongoing struggle for political freedom and human rights in oppressive and totalitarian Cuba. This summer, Fariñas, a distinguished recipient of the 2010 Andrei Sakharov Prize from the European Parliament, inquired with Cuban authorities about...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, an article in The Washington Free Beacon detailed U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s opposition to President Obama’s nomination of the first U.S. ambassador to Cuba in more than 50 years and highlighted Cruz’s most recent efforts in the Senate to call attention to the plight of the Cuban people. “President Obama’s decision to try to jam through his nominee to be Ambassador to Cuba during the lame duck session is just the most recent example...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the Obama administration to step up its efforts against the corrupt Nicaraguan government’s assault on democracy. Specifically, the senators called on the administration to ensure a robust international election observation and monitoring effort is undertaken for the upcoming November 6 presidential election.  Cruz and Rubio highlighted how the...