Voting Resources
Ted Cruz
June 19th, 2014
First and foremost we have to do everything possible to make sure all Americans in Iraq are secure and not swept up in a Sunni-Shiite civil war. We have more than 2,000 people in the country, and given the volatility of the...
May 17th, 2014
Today is Armed Forces Day and I hope we can all take a moment to say "thank you" to our veterans, to our active duty members, and to their families.Write a note, make a call, or shake the hand of someone you know who has...
May 7th, 2014
Today, I sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking that he reconsider appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the illegal targeting program conducted by staff at the Internal Revenue Service in direct...
March 29th, 2014
On Thursday, Congressman Jim Bridenstine and I introduced complementary legislation, S. 2170 and H.R. 4286, to empower the private sector to create good-paying, American jobs and spur economic growth by harnessing our nation...
March 21st, 2014
Editors Note: The Claremont Institute honored Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, with its 2014 Statesmanship Award at the organization’s annual dinner in honor of Sir Winston Churchill on Saturday evening. Previous recipients of...
March 8th, 2014
On Thursday, I spoke at the National Security Action Conference against the Department of Defense’s recent budget decisions, Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, President Maduro’s oppression of Venezuelans’ freedoms, and a...
March 4th, 2014
The situation unfolding in Ukraine right now is a harsh lesson that no matter how great the victory, we must never rest on our laurels. After the United States won the Cold War and the Soviet Union ceased to exist in 1991,...
February 21st, 2014
This week, I held a press conference at the Spindletop Museum in Beaumont to discuss ideas to promote energy development and boost the economy.Restoring jobs and economic growth is the number one priority for Americans and...
February 10th, 2014
Today, I outlined his vision for unleashing American jobs and opportunity by harnessing our nation’s energy resources. He spoke at the Heritage Action for America’s 2014 Conservative Policy Summit.A Great American Energy...
February 2nd, 2014
Last week I asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to answer questions about the ongoing IRS investigation, specifically in regards to the naming of a major Obama donor as a lead investigator into IRSs illegal targeting of...
June 2nd, 2014
Today’s Supreme Court ruling in Bond v. United States is an important victory for federalism. For the tenth time since January 2012, the Court unanimously rejected the Obama Administration’s argument for increased...
May 9th, 2014
I have released my fourth report on the Obama Administration’s executive overreaches. In this report, I document 76 instances of lawlessness and other abuses of power.The pattern of lawlessness by this Administration should...
April 4th, 2014
On Wednesday, I spoke at Liberty University’s Convocation. Freedom and faith are intertwined, as our rights come from God, not government. The most important revolution was not fought with guns or bayonets, but was a...
March 23rd, 2014
Four Republican senators joined me in sending a letter to Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid providing notification they will support an objection to the Ukrainian aid package unless a vote is held to strip out language...
March 13th, 2014
The IRS is currently considering new rules to limit the free speech of the very same groups it illegally targeted. In short, the Obama Administration is trying to do through regulatory fiat what it was unable to legally do...
March 6th, 2014
I spoke this morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, DC. Watch the entire speech below. I outlined a positive agenda that includes an American energy renaissance, repealing Obamacare,...
February 24th, 2014
As opposition protests drag into their second week in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro is taking a page out of the Castro playbook to violently oppress Venezuelans who are demanding an end to his disastrous rule....
February 20th, 2014
The people of Ukraine need to know that the free world stands with them as they protest the actions of President Viktor Yanukovych designed to destroy their constitutional rights and drive their country into the sphere of...
February 3rd, 2014
Thank you, it is a pleasure to get back to Heritage to be with so many friends and to have the opportunity to discuss an issue with such pressing importance, which is namely the growing influence that Russia is having in the...
January 27th, 2014
I am calling on President Obama to hold himself and his administration accountable for the preventable attacks on the U.S. foreign post in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 where four Americans – Tyrone Woods, Glen Doherty,...
