U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement upon the conclusion of the Army’s investigation into the killing of Spc. Vanessa Guillen: “I’m pleased the Army concluded their investigation into the command climate at Ft. Hood and the issues […]
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Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Passing of American Icon and Pilot Chuck Yeager
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, today issued the following statement on the passing of Chuck Yeager, a decorated U.S. Army and Air Force veteran who became the first pilot to break the […]
FreedomWorks Highlights Sen. Cruz’s Constitutional Amendment To Prevent Court Packing as ‘Bill of the Month’
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement after FreedomWorks named his “Keep Nine” Constitutional amendment to prevent the expansion or contraction of the Supreme Court as their bill of the month for December: “Democrats want to pack the Supreme Court with liberal justices […]
Helping a Hero’s Lee Greenwood Patriot Awards Gala Raises Over $500,000 for Wounded Warriors
Leaders from Across the Nation Come Together Safely in Support of Our Nation’s Wounded Heroes Injured in the Global War on Terror Helping a Hero celebrated “The Lee Greenwood Patriot Awards Gala” at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott and raised over […]
Houston Methodist to Receive $10.6M Federal Reimbursement for Early Coronavirus Emergency Protective Measures
Houston Methodist Hospital will receive $10,645,501.85 in federal funds for Emergency Protective Measures during the coronavirus pandemic from February through April. The funding comes through the Robert T. Stafford Act, which grants authority for the federal government to assist in […]
Deadline Approaching in Texas for SBA Working Capital Loans Due to Drought
Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Texas small nonfarm businesses of the Jan. 6, 2021, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans […]
Sens. Cruz, Colleagues Submit Amicus Brief To Supreme Court in Brnovich v. DNC
Brief seeks to protect states’ authority to ensure the integrity of their elections U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Rick Scott, (R-Fla.), Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Marsha […]
Game Warden Field Notes
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Lost and Found Two Angelina County game wardens responded to a call about a lost hunter in Angelina National Forest. Upon arrival at the […]
Sens. Cruz, Scott, Colleagues Issue Bipartisan, Bicameral Letter Urging No Budget, No Pay Be Included in Government Funding Bill
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) today sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Congressional leadership requesting that the No Budget, No Pay proposal be included in any budget negotiations for the end of the year government funding […]
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn Lead Efforts to Rename Post Offices to Honor Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan And Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released the following statements after their bills to rename a U.S. Postal Office located in Castroville, Texas as the “Lance Corporal Rhonald Dain Rairdan Post Office,” and a U.S. Postal Office […]
