U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) released a joint statement after the Inter-American Commission on […]
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Sens. Cruz, Braun Introduce Bill to Abolish Office of Financial Research
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike. Braun (R-Ind.) reintroduced legislation today to eliminate the Office of Financial Research, a stark example of redundancy and unaccountability within the Treasury Department. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill in 2019 and 2021. About the […]
Sen. Cruz Presses President Biden to Immediately Name Full Time FAA Administrator Nominee
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), today sent a letter to President Biden, urging him to immediately nominate a “serious and well-qualified person with substantial aviation experience” to serve as Federal Aviation Administration administrator. Sen. Cruz wrote: “The […]
Sen. Cruz, Colleagues Marks Senate Passage of Bill to Rename Cuban Embassy Street After Murdered Dissident Oswaldo Payá
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, praised the Senate’s unanimous passage of bipartisan legislation he authored to rename the street outside of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C. as “Oswaldo Payá Way” after the […]
ICYMI: Sens. Cruz and Markey: “We Won’t Let These Cars Kill the AM Radio Star”
Sens. Cruz, Markey Publish Op-Ed in Support of Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Keep AM Radio in Vehicles In case you missed it, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) published a Fox […]
Alvin Community College Receives $350,000 Workforce Training Grant
Alvin Community College received a $350,000 Texas Talent Connection (TTC) grant from the Office of Governor Greg Abbott to support innovative education and workforce skills training programs that lead to successful job placement, increased wages, and improved job retention. The […]
Commissioners Authorize Preserving State Park
At a special meeting, Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission authorized Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to file a petition for condemnation and pursue acquisition at fair market value of approximately 5,000 acres in Freestone County to preserve Fairfield Lake […]
Senator Bettencourt shares eye-popping savings for TX homeowners under Senate Tax Plan!
SB 1 cuts 5.72 million Texas homesteaders ISD property tax bills by a “whopping” 39% to 44% range Senate plan holds school districts harmless, the State pays which help ISDs Debt (I&S) payments too! Senator Paul Bettencourt (R- Houston) highlights […]
Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.03 billion in local sales tax allocations for June, 2 percent more than in June 2022. These allocations are based on sales made in […]
Sen. Cruz: Sports Teams Should Disclose Ticket Fees Up Front
Pushes for Passage of TICKET Act, Notes Growing Support from StubHub and Coalition for Ticket Fairness In his opening statement for the record of today’s “Protecting Consumers from Junk Fees” subcommittee hearing, Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) […]
