WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently introduced the Congressional Oversight of the Antiquities Act with Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) to reform the Antiquities Act of 1906 and ensure accountability over more transparent designations of national monuments. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (R-Iowa) and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced companion legislation in the House of Representatives. Upon introducing the bill, Sen. Cruz said, “The broad language of the Antiquities […]
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Sens. Cruz, Grassley, Graham, Cornyn, Lee, Hawley, Cotton, Tillis, and Blackburn Call for Investigation Into Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 Cover-Up
Cruz leads letter urging Chairman Durbin to open an investigation, schedule hearings on New York’s nursing home COVID-19 death toll WASHINGTON, D.C. – In light of new reports alleging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff engaged in a cover-up of New York’s nursing home COVID-19 death toll, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling for the Committee to investigate Cuomo’s COVID-19 cover-up. He was […]
Sens. Cruz, Lee, Colleagues Send Letter to President Trump Regarding Medicaid ‘MOE’ Concerns in FFCRA
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), along with Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Thursday sent a letter to President Trump expressing their concerns regarding the constraints placed by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on Texas’ ability to protect its Medicaid program. In the letter, they wrote: “The Medicaid ‘MOE’ provision, perhaps better described as state budget handcuffs, requires states to maintain all persons […]
Sens. Cruz, Barrasso, Inhofe, Toomey, Kennedy, Lee, Enzi, Cassidy, Capito, and Lankford Applaud President Trump’s Commitment to Saving the Jobs of Blue-Collar Refinery Workers
Issue statement following reports that the administration will appeal the Tenth Circuit’s decision WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today issued a statement following reports that President Trump will appeal the Tenth Circuit’s decision on small refineries: “We’re encouraged by the reports that the […]
Sens. Cruz, Barrasso, Inhofe, Toomey, Kennedy, Wicker, Lee, Enzi, Cassidy Urge Administration to Uphold the Rule of Law and Block Senate Democrats’ Efforts to Roll Back President Trump’s Energy Independence Accomplishments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today urged Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to stand with the hardworking men and women of small refineries across the country, and block Senate Democrats’ attempts to roll back President Trump’s energy independence accomplishments. Recently 12 Senate Democrats, five of […]
Sens. Cruz, Lee, Rubio Introduce Transportation Empowerment Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) this week reintroduced the Transportation Empowerment Act, a bill which would give states and localities far more control over their infrastructure spending by phasing out the federal gas tax. “The Transportation Empowerment Act is a critical step in returning authority to the states,” Sen. Cruz said. “The strength and growth of American infrastructure is necessary to our economic future, and […]
Fox News Op-Ed: Sens. Cruz, Lee, Reps. Meadows, Jordan: We Must End the ObamaCare Bailout Now
In Case You Missed It… ‘If we ignore the years of promises we made to the people on ObamaCare, the voters would, quite rightly, distrust Republicans for years to come’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Reps. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) authored the following op-ed for FoxNews.com urging their colleagues in Congress to stop a potential bailout of Obamacare and deliver on their promises to the American people to repeal […]