This week, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), Representatives Chip Roy (TX-21), and Representative Mike Johnson (LA-4) led a cohort of 42 other Republican Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Dan […]
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Sens. Cruz, Scott, Toomey and Colleagues Introduce Bill to Shield the FDIC from Political Influence
Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) along with Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn) officially introduced the FDIC Board Governance Reform Act, which would enhance the protection of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) from political meddling. The Scott-Cruz bill removes the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Comptroller of the Currency as permanent members of the FDIC Board of Directors. All five seats on the board will then be subject to presidential appointment with […]
Sen. Ted Cruz, Judiciary Republicans Demand Answers from Biden Admin On Texas Synagogue Terrorist Attack
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) yesterday joined his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in demanding answers from Biden Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray about the terrorist who held four people hostage in an anti-Semitic, targeted attack at the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas earlier this month. In the letter to Secretaries Mayorkas and Blinken, the Senators wrote: “In […]
Sen. Cruz: ‘I’m More Committed Than Ever to Fighting for the People of Texas, and Every American Family, for a Better Tomorrow’
Reflects on the past year and looks ahead to 2022 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this year led the fight against an administration that created crisis after crisis, including: an inflation crisis, an energy crisis, a border crisis, a supply chain crisis, a crisis in Afghanistan, and a debt ceiling crisis. Reflecting on this past year, Sen. Cruz said: “Despite the substantial challenges we faced this year, Texans and Americans across the country took a stand for […]
Sen. Cruz: President Biden’s Waiver Extension Allowing Nord Stream 2 is a ‘Generational Geopolitical Victory’ to Putin
‘President Biden has refused to do what Congress has repeatedly instructed him to do and written into law’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement in response to news that President Biden would leave in place waivers on Nord Stream 2 related entities subject to mandatory Congressional sanctions: “President Biden has refused to do what Congress has repeatedly instructed him to do and written into law, which […]
Sen. Cruz on the MLB: ‘We’re Seeing Big Corporations Becoming the Woke Enforcers of the Democratic Party’
Appears on ‘The Mark Levin Show’ and Fox Business’ ‘Varney & Co.’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week appeared on ‘The Mark Levin Show’ and Fox Business’ ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss his legislation to remove Major League Baseball’s (MLB) antitrust protections, President Biden’s radical Department of Justice (DOJ) nominee, Kristen Clarke, Democrats’ plan to pack the U.S. Supreme Court, and President Biden’s Obama-era foreign policy. Highlights of his interviews are below. WATCH: Cruz on Fox Biz Slams […]
Sen. Cruz: President Biden’s Attempts to Hide the Border Crisis
The heartbreaking reality of the crisis on our southern border has been on full display for weeks, but the deep personal toll this crisis has taken on the children being trafficked into the United States was best encapsulated in the recent and tragic video of a 10-year old boy, abandoned by the group he was traveling with, desperately asking for help. Today in the wake of countless tragic reports, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas will travel to El Paso […]
Sen. Cruz Demands President Biden Allow Press Access to Border Crisis
‘They deserve to see and understand the crisis for themselves with the help of reporters who are free and independent from your administration’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today ramped up pressure on President Biden to allow free and fair reporting on the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises at the southern border. This comes ahead of a tour Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texas) will lead on Friday to the Rio Grande Valley. In a letter, Sen. Cruz […]
Sen. Cruz: It’s Time To Shine a Light on the Biden Administration’s Border Crisis
Day after day, the desperate humanitarian crisis on our southern border produced by President Biden’s reckless political decisions spirals out of control. On average, Customs and Border Protection is encountering 565 unaccompanied migrant children per day, up from 313 per day just last month. In total, Border Patrol agents are reportedly apprehending 4,500 to 6,000 illegal aliens per day. Former Obama Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson remarked in 2019, “I know that 1,000 [apprehensions per day] overwhelms the system and I cannot […]
Sens. Cruz, Blackburn, Rep. Stefanik Introduce Bill to Counter Chinese Espionage in American Universities
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) today introduced the Stop Higher Education Espionage and Theft (SHEET) Act, legislation to counter Chinese espionage efforts and influence operations in American universities. Sen. Cruz previously introduced this bill in 2018 and 2019. Upon introducing this bill, Sen. Cruz said: “As I have repeatedly said, China is the single greatest geopolitical threat facing the United States and […]