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July 1, 2016 Greetings, This Fourth of July weekend, we reflect on the precious of gift of independence our Founding Fathers secured 240 years ago. The signing of the Declaration of Independence signified to the world that our God-given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness must never be infringed. As Thomas Jefferson so powerfully observed, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator” - not by...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement, memorializing Kate Steinle on the first anniversary of her untimely death in San Francisco at the hands of an illegal alien who had several felony convictions and had been deported from the United States five times:  “One year ago, Kate Steinle was spending time with her father on San Francisco’s Pier 14. What happened next was something that never should have occurred. Kate’s time...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Director Joseph Pizarchik, regarding the agency’s repeated failures to provide the Railroad Commission of Texas with requested information related to the OSMRE’s proposed Stream Protection Rule. The agency’s noncompliance is a direct violation of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016.   “The language that was part of the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to the horrific murder of a 13-year-old American girl at her home in Israel at the hands of a Palestinian terrorist:  “Early Thursday morning, a Palestinian terrorist broke into the home of a family in Kiryat Arba. He stabbed to death a 13-year-old innocent girl named Hallel Yaffa Ariel, a U.S. citizen, who was sleeping in her bed. The terrorist also wounded a 31-year-old security...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) continued pushing back against the Obama administration’s willful blindness to radical Islamic terrorism in a Judiciary Committee oversight hearing today. While questioning Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson, Sen. Cruz said, “What concerns me, and I believe should concern the Department of Homeland Security, is that because of this effort – scrubbing your law enforcement materials of any...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Next week, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) bill, Kate’s Law, will receive a vote on the Senate floor. Sen. Cruz first introduced Kate’s Law, or the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015, last July. The legislation is named for Kate Steinle, the 32-year-old woman who tragically died in the arms of her father on a San Francisco pier after being shot by an illegal alien who had several felony convictions and had been deported from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, convened a hearing in which he exposed the Obama administration’s pattern of turning a blind eye to radical Islamic terrorism, a dangerous practice that is counterproductive to keeping our country safe. Watch the hearing in its entirety here. Read Sen. Cruz’s opening statement here. Media coverage of the hearing can be found...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to the horrific terrorist attack at Turkey’s largest airport:  “Yet again, ISIS has demonstrated the deadly determination of radical Islamic terrorists to attack all those who do not share their ideology, even in an overwhelmingly Muslim majority country like Turkey,” Sen. Cruz said. “This is the same vicious enemy that has attacked innocents in recent weeks from...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, today chaired a hearing titled ‘Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts to Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism.’ The hearing investigated the degree to which the Obama administration is willfully turning a blind eye to radical Islamic terrorism, with deadly consequences for the safety and security of the American...

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in response to the House Select Committee on Benghazi’s final report: “The House Select Committee on Benghazi’s report confirms the disturbing pattern that has emerged over the course of the Obama administration, in which the President and his top aides approach the world through rigid, ideological blinders, seeing things as they wish them to be, not as they actually are,”...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued a statement in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, a case examining Texas HB 2, which established health and safety standards for abortion providers and facilities. The Supreme Court reversed the Fifth Circuit’s decision, ultimately striking down provisions of Texas HB 2. “The Supreme Court’s ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is profoundly...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a video illustrating the threats President Obama’s radical Internet giveaway poses to our country’s freedom and national security.  “From the very first days of the Internet, the American government has maintained domain names and ensured equal access to everyone, with no censorship whatsoever. Obama wants to give that power away to an international body called ICANN, which would empower countries like Russia,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the brutal act of terror in Somalia: “As our nation and the world continue to heal from the horrific attack in Orlando earlier this month, we have once again witnessed a vicious attack on innocent people going about their daily lives,” Sen. Cruz said. “This afternoon, it was a suicide bomber at the Nasa Hablod airport hotel, which was then stormed by gunmen with al Shabaab, an al...

June 24, 2016 Greetings, This week, the Supreme Court blocked President Obama’s unlawful executive amnesty action, maintaining a temporary injunction against the president’s illegal overreach. This decision is a victory for the rule of law. As The Washington Post rightly noted, “the action deals Obama perhaps the biggest legal loss of his presidency.” By trying to unilaterally grant amnesty to nearly five million people, President Obama invited even more illegal...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued a statement in response to initial reporting of ‘Brexit’ returns. Sen. Cruz urged the United States to respect the results of the United Kingdom’s referendum on its membership in the European Union:  “The British people have spoken clearly: They choose to leave the European Union,” Sen. Cruz said. “The results of the ‘Brexit’ referendum should serve as a wake-up call for...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Next Tuesday, June 28, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will chair a hearing titled ‘Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts to Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism.’ The hearing will examine the Obama administration’s refusal to attribute the terrorist threats we face with radical Islam, hobbling our ability to combat the enemy. The hearing will specifically investigate how the federal government has not only refused to appropriately...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued a statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that blocked President Obama’s illegal executive action on immigration, asserting that the President had overstepped his authority. The Fifth Circuit, and the Southern District of Texas, had both ruled that Obama could not unilaterally implement the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement, applauding the U.S. District Court of Wyoming for its ruling to strike down the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) fracking rule:  “Today, a federal court in Wyoming made important progress to rein in President Obama and his army of regulatory bureaucrats,” Sen. Cruz said. “In Texas, we’re blessed to lead the nation in energy production, but this also means our state...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement after voting in favor of Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) amendment that would provide law enforcement with more effective tools to keep Americans safe from terrorism: “In this age of jihad, the federal government has an obligation to do everything possible to keep us safe from terrorism and, at the same time, to protect the constitutional liberties of law-abiding Americans.  We should...