U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined his Republican colleagues in calling on the Biden-Harris administration to address the humanitarian, national security, and most recently, public health crisis on our southern border. As rates of COVID-19 […]
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Texas Goes Head-to-Head with the Feds: Public Health Immigration Laws Must be Enforced at the Border
This week, Attorney General Ken Paxton filed Texas’s reply brief demanding that the Biden Administration enforce public health immigration law at the border. A Federal District Court in Fort Worth heard oral argument on Tuesday. The State of Texas is […]
Paxton Commends 5th Circuit’s Decision Upholding the First Amendment Rights of Members of the State Bar of Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton commends the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s recent decision in McDonald v. Longley, which held that the State Bar of Texas violated the First Amendment rights of its members—who must join and […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on IRS Granting Texas Christian Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Status
Last month, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Congressional colleagues sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig expressing concerns regarding the IRS’s denial of tax-exempt status for a Texas nonprofit, Christians Engaged. Sen. Cruz today issued the following statement after the IRS […]
Sen. Cruz Leads Colleagues in Bipartisan Legislation Highlighting Cuban Regime Human Rights Violations, Honoring Dissident Oswaldo Payá
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced legislation with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to rename the street outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington D.C. “Oswaldo […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on January 6 Commission
‘With multiple investigations already underway, I do not support the politically motivated January 6 Commission led by Sen. Schumer and Speaker Pelosi’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement in opposition to the Senate commission investigating the January 6 […]
Sen. Cruz: Discharging Kristen Clarke’s Troubled Nomination From Committee Grave Error
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after the nomination of Kristen Clarke to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division was discharged from the Judiciary Committee when […]
Governor Abbott Appoints Three to Texas Historical Records Advisory Board
Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Tara Turk-Zaafran to the Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) for a term set to expire on February 1, 2023. The governor reappointed Jelain Chubb and Malinda L. Cowen for terms expiring on February 1, […]
Sen. Cruz, Rep. Budd, Colleagues Urge Senate, House Appropriations Committees to Not Revive Corrupt Earmark Spending
‘We cannot imagine a worse way to build back trust in Congress than to resurrect a system that has been roundly rejected as corruptive and wasteful for decades’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) today […]
Sens. Cruz, Cotton, Rep. Bishop to Biden: Withdraw Becerra
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), and more than 70 other members of Congress in sending a letter urging President Joe Biden to withdraw California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to serve as […]
