Ted Cruz
September 6th, 2019
As member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I issued a statement today in response to reports Iran will expand its violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) by building prohibited centrifuges:
August 30th, 2019
Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, and I yesterday penned an op-ed in Real Clear Markets, where we call on the administration to index capital gains to inflation.
August 27th, 2019
With Border Patrol apprehensions along the southern border in May 2019 up nearly 300 percent from May 2018, I today urged United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan to provide much-...
August 16th, 2019
Today the administration took a critical step toward bolstering the national security of the United States and our longstanding ally Taiwan with the sale of F-16s.
August 13th, 2019
The Endangered Species Act was created with the good intention of protecting and conserving species on the brink of extinction. But in reality, it has inflicted more harm than good on Texas ranchers and farmers, along with...
August 5th, 2019
I am deeply horrified by the hateful anti-Hispanic bigotry expressed in the shooter’s so-called ‘manifesto.’ This ignorant racism is repulsive and profoundly anti-American. We must speak clearly to combat evil in any form it...
July 31st, 2019
As member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I today issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump administration intends to continue implementing portions of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...
July 25th, 2019
As member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I yesterday issued the following statement in response to reports of a planned Sunday meeting in Vienna aimed at providing Iran with concessions to preserve the Joint...
July 22nd, 2019
U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), and I recently today sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asking him to urge his Brazilian and Paraguayan counterparts to designate Hezbollah a...
July 17th, 2019
As chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on The Constitution, today I convened a hearing titled, "Google and Censorship through Search Engines." The hearing will focus on political bias and...
September 4th, 2019
As member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday I delivered remarks and participated in a conversation focused on ‘Interventionism vs. Isolationism' with Hudson Senior Fellow Mike Doran at the Hudson...
August 28th, 2019
I recently continued my statewide tour to visit with local workers, families, and small business owners with stops in Dallas and Corsicana, Texas. In Dallas, I joined members of the Dallas World Affairs Council for a...
August 19th, 2019
In the latest example of Big Tech's political bias, Twitter recently continued its pattern of arbitrarily silencing conservative voices when it froze U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign account.
August 15th, 2019
The Chinese Communist Party is deepening its campaign to deprive Hong Kong of its freedom and autonomy. The people of Hong Kong have responded with ten weeks of protests, which have been met with more threats and deepening...
August 9th, 2019
Despite the darkness, it's inspiring to see El Paso, and it's inspiring to see the love, compassion, the heroism, the strength.
August 1st, 2019
This budget deal is yet another missed opportunity to rein in excessive government spending.
July 30th, 2019
Indexing capital gains to inflation would unlock capital for investment, increase wages, create new jobs, and grow the economy, benefiting Americans across all income levels. Any decrease in the effective tax rate on capital...
July 23rd, 2019
The budget deal reached by administration negotiators and congressional leadership is yet another missed opportunity to rein in excessive government spending. This deal irresponsibly jacks up spending by $320 billion without...
July 19th, 2019
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and I yesterday introduced a resolution to the U.S. Senate condemning the violent acts carried out by members of Antifa and calling for the designation of the group as a domestic...
July 12th, 2019
On Thursday I delivered remarks on the Senate floor describing my recent trip to the southern border, where I witnessed the existing security and humanitarian crisis firsthand.