WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act: “Today, the Supreme Court has yet again saved Obamacare. In 2012, Chief Justice Roberts tortured the law and said the unconstitutional individual mandate was a tax. In 2015, the Court adopted a contrived reading of the law to save it from imminent demise again. And today, the Supreme Court has declined to […]
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Paxton Joins Multistate Fight to Expand States’ Antitrust Enforcement
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a multistate coalition in supporting the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation would allow antitrust enforcement actions brought by state attorneys general to remain in the court they select rather than have the case moved to a court the defendant prefers. This Act would ensure that Texas could pursue relief for consumers without the delays in justice that would result if its enforcement actions were transferred to other […]
Sen. Cruz Leads Colleagues in Bipartisan Legislation Highlighting Cuban Regime Human Rights Violations, Honoring Dissident Oswaldo Payá
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced legislation with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to rename the street outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. “Oswaldo Payá Way,” to call out the oppression of the Cuban regime and highlight the cause of dissident Oswaldo Payá. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this resolution in July 2020. Sen. Cruz has worked closely with Payá’s daughter Rosa Maria, and […]
Sen. Cruz on Nord Stream 2: ‘A Generational Geopolitical Mistake That Will Strengthen Russia at the Expense of All of the West’
Joins Fox Business’ ‘Kudlow’ to slam the politicization of the IRS and the Biden administration’s refusal to sanction the Nord Stream 2 pipeline U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined Fox Business’ ‘Kudlow’ to discuss his push for the Biden administration to sanction Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline and the recent ProPublica report on leaked IRS documents. Highlights of Sen. Cruz’s interview are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz: Just a Few Months Into the Biden Administration and They’re Already Politicizing the […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on the US Treasury Department Sanctioning Nicaraguan Officials
‘The United States must remain committed to holding the regime accountable’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a Senate Foreign Relations Committee member, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioning of four Nicaraguan officials. Today’s sanctions are against individuals involved in human rights abuses and ongoing repression of civil society under the Ortega regime: “The Biden administration did the right thing sanctioning these figures, who have […]
Sen. Cruz on Hannity: “What is it With Liberals That They Look at Putin, They Look at Xi, They Look at the Ayatollah and Say, ‘What They Need is Billions of American Dollars’’’
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) yesterday joined Fox News’ ‘Hannity’ to talk about the inflation crisis under President Biden and the administration’s foreign policy failures. Highlights of his interview are below. WATCH: Cruz on Hannity: The Biden-Harris Administration Has Been a Domestic, Economic & Fiscal Disaster On the Biden administration’s foreign policy failures, Sen. Cruz said: “If you look at Biden’s foreign policy and you break the world into two groups, our friends and our enemies. What does […]
Paxton Joins Multistate Coalition in Protecting Religious Liberty
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a 14-state coalition in defense of religious liberty in a case in which the state of New York sought to punish a photographer, Emilee Carpenter, who chose to not accept bookings for same-sex weddings. In violation of Ms. Carpenter’s free speech rights, New York interprets its public-accommodation law to require that photographers who commemorate opposite-sex marriages must also do so for same-sex marriages. Refusal may result in fines up to $100,000, as well as possible criminal prosecution. This unconstitutional law violates the First Amendment, which prohibits states from forcing individuals to speak in favor of […]
Paxton Defends Second Amendment Rights, Sends Letter to ATF
Attorney General Ken Paxton today sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives opposing its June 7 proposal to require federal registration of firearms with attached “stabilizing braces.” The stabilizing brace, which attaches to the rear of a pistol and slips around the user’s forearm, may be used for a range of legitimate purposes, including reducing recoil, preventing injury, and allowing individuals to more safely and accurately operate the weapon. Stabilizing […]
Sen. Cruz in The Dallas Morning News: ‘Inflation Could Wreck American Wealth’
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today published an op-ed in The Dallas Morning News detailing how the Biden-Harris administration’s massive spending spree could result in an inflation crisis and destroy the wealth of hard-working Americans. In the op-ed, Sen. Cruz wrote: “Since 2012, our inflation rate has been around 2% or under. But in April, it was announced that our inflation rate had ticked up to 4.2%, and it may keep going up. This is a problem because when the […]
Sen. Cruz Visits Israel and Calls For US to Unequivocally Stand With the Jewish State: ‘Israel Not Only Has a Right, But a Responsibility to Defend Yourselves’
Press coverage of Sens. Cruz and Hagerty’s trip to Israel U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) this week visited Israel in the aftermath of the recent violent escalation by Iran-controlled terrorist groups including Hamas to see and hear directly what the Israelis need to defend themselves and to show the international community that the United States stands unequivocally with Israel. Sen. Cruz condemned the attacks, and in the early days of the conflict announced his intention to visit […]