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Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Re-Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Honor the Legacy of Cuban Dissident Oswaldo Payá

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, exactly eight years after the celebrated Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá’s violent death by the Castro regime in Cuba, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) reintroduced legislation to rename the street outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. as “Oswaldo Payá Way.” “Oswaldo Payá dedicated his life to fighting for the Cuban people against the evils of communism that have for too long stood in […]

Sens. Cruz, Risch, Menendez, Bipartisan Colleagues Recognize Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in recognition of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. On the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Senators said: “Thirty-one years ago, pro-democracy protests drew hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens to Tiananmen Square. These protestors – many of whom were students and young professionals – risked […]

Sens. Cruz, Risch, Menendez, Bipartisan Colleagues Recognize Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in recognition of the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. On the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, the Senators said: “Thirty-one years ago, pro-democracy protests drew hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens to Tiananmen Square. These protestors – many of whom were students and young professionals – risked […]

Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Expressing Support for the People of Nicaragua

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced a Senate resolution (S. Res 525) shortly after the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA), expressing continued support for the people of Nicaragua as they fight to restore democracy. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) are […]

Joint Statement by Sens. Cruz, Menendez, and Durbin on Crisis in Bolivia  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued the following joint statement in reaction to the crisis in Bolivia following the resignation of Evo Morales as President: “Earlier this year the U.S. Senate passed our Resolution recognizing the achievements of Bolivia’s first indigenous president, but also warning about unchecked power and the dismantling of democratic institutions.  We also noted […]

Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela

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 holding the Venezuelan regime accountable for human […]

Sens. Cruz, Menendez, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Address Crisis in Nicaragua

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.) Ben Cardin (D-Md.) Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced bipartisan legislation to address the escalating crisis in Nicaragua. The Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018 requires the imposition of sanctions on Nicaraguan government officials responsible for the deaths of protestors, human rights violations […]

Sens. Cruz, Rubio, Menendez, Colleagues Reaffirm Commitment to the People of Nicaragua

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), David Perdue (R-Ga.), Tim Kaine (D-VA.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) this week introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the commitment of the United States to holding Daniel Ortega’s regime accountable for acts of violence against the Nicaraguan people. The senators called on the Government of Nicaragua to end the repressive practices of its security forces. Leer aquí. […]

Sens. Cruz, Rubio, Menendez, Nelson Introduce Resolution Honoring Ladies in White for 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), today introduced a resolution honoring the Cuban dissident group Las Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) for receiving the Cato Institute’s 2018 Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty. The dissident group, which routinely faces brutal beatings and imprisonment from the Cuban regime, peacefully gathers and marches in white clothes every Sunday in Havana carrying a picture of their loved […]