U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Energy Freedom Act, in order to make America energy independent again by accelerating federal permitting for energy projects and pipelines, mandating new onshore and offshore oil and gas lease sales, approving pending LNG export licenses, and generally speeding up solar, wind, and geothermal development. Upon introducing the bill, Sen. Cruz stated: “In the past year with Joe Biden as president, the United States has lost its status […]
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Sen. Cruz Raises Serious Concerns About DHS’ Transparency During the Worst Border Crisis in Decades
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding that the Biden administration release its annual report on immigration and customs enforcement and removal actions for Fiscal Year 2021. For the first time in a decade, Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) has not released its annual report within three months of the end of the fiscal year. Secretary Mayorkas still […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement after Putin Escalates Aggression Against Ukraine and Deploys Troops
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would recognize the independence of Ukrainian territories and deploy forces into them — “Vladimir Putin’s announcement today is just the latest step in his obsessive drive to rebuild the Soviet Union, at the expense of the national security of the United States and our allies. He seeks to make the lives of Americans worse, and he will use whatever new […]
Sen. Cruz on Fox News: GoFundMe Is ‘Deceiving Consumers and It Is Wrong.’
Calls for investigation into GoFundMe for deceptive trade practices U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week joined Fox News’ ‘Sunday Morning Futures’ with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the SCOTUS vacancy, GoFundMe’s decision to prevent donations from going to Freedom Convoy 2022—the truck drivers protesting against Canada’s vaccine mandate—and the potential Russian invasion of Ukraine. Highlights of his interview are below. WATCH: Sen. Cruz on Sunday Morning Futures On the SCOTUS vacancy and President Biden’s determination to […]
Sen. Cruz on Upcoming Nord Stream 2 Vote: The Eyes of History are Upon Us
‘Today will be one of our very last chances to stop Nord Stream 2, and to stop an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), spoke this morning in anticipation of a vote the Senate will take later today on his legislation imposing immediate sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline: “Mr. President, the eyes of history are upon us. Today, each of us […]
Sen. Cruz Opposes Deal to Pave Way for Debt Ceiling Increase
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement on the Senate’s vote yesterday to pave the way for a debt ceiling increase: “Right now, the American people are suffering from the impact of historic inflation brought about by President Biden and the Democrats’ out-of-control reckless spending. Tonight, Democrats once again took a step to make this situation worse. Democrats have always had the ability to lift the debt limit by themselves to pay for all […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on SCOTUS Victory for Texas’ Pro-Life Law
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision regarding the Texas heartbeat law limiting abortion: “Every life is a gift from God, and without life, there is no liberty—that’s why I’m proud to stand up and defend life. Today, the Supreme Court largely left in place a Texas law that protects life and sends a message that every life is […]
Sen. Cruz Urges Biden Administration to Grant Texas’ Medicaid Waiver, Repeal Dangerous Provisions in BBB That Jeopardize Texans’ Access to Care
‘Texas’ most vulnerable patients should not lose access to healthcare because of partisan politics’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a bicameral letter with members of the Texas delegation to the Biden administration expressing concerns regarding the Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments (DSH) and Uncompensated Care Pool (UCP) provisions in the Build Back Better Act (BBB) as well as the Biden Administration’s rescission of Texas’ 1115 waiver. Texas would be one of the hardest hit states in regards to these […]
Sen. Cruz, Rep. Davidson Introduce the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act
‘By indexing capital gains taxes to inflation, we are protecting hardworking Americans from being punished for this administration’s reckless spending and the cruel tax of inflation it created’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) today introduced the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act, legislation to ensure capital gains taxes receive the same equitable tax treatment as other provisions of the tax code by indexing for inflation. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, […]
Sen. Cruz on the Senate Floor: Joe Biden ‘Trying To Play A Blame Game’ In Desperate Attempt To Deflect Blame From His Afghanistan Catastrophe
‘It’s difficult to believe that even my Democratic colleagues believe, political talking points notwithstanding, how, for instance, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs could have stopped President Biden from gift wrapping Bagram Airfield and giving it to the Taliban’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, took to the Senate floor this week to prevent an effort by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to circumvent floor debate on one of President Biden’s […]