AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation will observe World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Tuesday, July 30. Human trafficking is the exploitation of men, women, and children for labor or sex using force, fraud or coercion. Although […]
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Sen. Cruz Celebrates Senate Passage of Landmark Legislation to Protect Children Online
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today celebrated Senate passage of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0). As the Committee’s ranking member, Sen. Cruz helped lead efforts to move the two […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures $1.4 Billion Settlement with Meta Over Its Unauthorized Capture of Personal Biometric Data In Largest Settlement Ever Obtained From An Action Brought By A Single State
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a $1.4 billion settlement with Meta (formerly known as Facebook) to stop the company’s practice of capturing and using the personal biometric data of millions of Texans without the authorization required […]
Sen. Cruz Introduces TRACE Act to Safeguard Schools from Foreign Adversaries
“The House has already passed this bill. I urge my Senate colleagues to take it up expeditiously and pass it.” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education (TRACE) Act to enhance transparency […]
Fiscal Notes: Discover Texas’ 12 Economic Regions
(AUSTIN) — In the latest Fiscal Notes, Comptroller researchers share what makes Texas’ regional economies tick, using location quotient (LQ): comparing an industry’s size in a particular area (based on employment) with its size in the national economy. There were expected results, such as a […]
In Letter to CenterPoint CEO, Sen. Cruz Writes ‘Beryl cannot be a prelude to future storms’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter to CenterPoint Energy President and CEO Jason Wells, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) reiterated his call for an after-action report from CenterPoint about what went wrong during Hurricane Beryl, and what the company would […]
Sen. Cruz, Rep. Jackson Introduce Tax Relief Bill for Victims of Panhandle Wildfires
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas-13) introduced the Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act to provide tax relief for victims of this year’s Panhandle wildfires. The bill provides tax relief for Panhandle residents […]
Cruz Condemns Hezbollah Attack on Israel, Blasts Biden-Harris Efforts to Block Israeli Response
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement: “Yesterday’s murderous attack on children in Israel is the latest atrocity by Iran’s Hezbollah terrorists. Heidi and I are mourning with […]
ICYMI: Sen. Cruz, DA Ogg Op-Ed in Houston Chronicle: ‘Jocelyn Nungaray’s Murder Shows How ICE Must Change’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In Case You Missed In: U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg penned an op-ed calling on leaders to set partisan differences aside and to work […]
Cruz, Rubio, Colleagues Warn of Terrorist-Linked Gazans Crossing U.S.-Canada Border
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and colleagues sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, urging him to heighten precautions along the U.S.-Canada border. In the letter, the senators […]
