World
January 15th, 2015
Two suspected jihadists have been killed in an anti-terror operation in eastern Belgium, officials say. Prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt said a third person had been arrested in the raid in Verviers, and no police or members of...
January 13th, 2015
H.R. 26, my bill to reform the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) with added taxpayer protections, was signed into law last evening:
January 12th, 2015
Following the Paris massacre of the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo, USA Today allowed a London based radical Muslim cleric who “specialized in Sharia law” to state his view.
December 28th, 2014
Last week, I released a video that highlights prominent Cuba dissidents' warnings against U.S. deal-making with the Castro regime. I also penned an op-ed for TIME.com sharing these dissidents' stories and his alternative to...
December 18th, 2014
Today, the European Union did an about-face of the worst kind, reversing their designation of Hamas as a terrorist organization. The General Court of the EU found that the original decision to include Hamas as a terrorist...
December 10th, 2014
Will the United Nations wield its unproven claim that greenhouse gas emissions cause climate change to require each of its 193 member nations to measure and report GHG emissions, a prerequisite for a global carbon tax? Does...
December 5th, 2014
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change treaty has been profoundly important to Americans ever since it was signed by former President George H.W. Bush and ratified by the Senate in 1992.Under the UNFCCC, a new treaty...
December 1st, 2014
The apparent shutdown of a Chevron fracking facility in Romania may be the results of efforts by Russia to stop natural gas production in Eastern Europe. Not long after opening the hydraulic fracturing facility in Pungesti,...
November 21st, 2014
Today, I issued the following statement on the House Foreign Affairs Committee's passage of the Paul Simon Water for the World Act of 2013.When we are thirsty, we walk three feet to the nearest faucet or grab a...
November 19th, 2014
The attacks Tuesday morning that killed three Americans and a Briton while they were worshiping in a Jerusalem synagogue are acts of vicious cowardice. The subsequent celebration of the attacks over loudspeakers in the...
January 15th, 2015
Radical Anjem Choudary and Tanya Cohen have something in common, they hate free speech and want it controlled. In his essay in USA Today, Choudary made it clear that he doesn’t accept the Western concept of free speech as he...
January 13th, 2015
My thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims of the terrorist attacks carried out by radical Islamists in France. Sunday, the world leaders of some of our closest allies in Europe and Israel attended a unity rally in...
January 9th, 2015
In response to the Palestinian Authority’s attempts to dictate terms to Israel at the recent United Nations Security Council, I released the following statement in defense of Israel:It is a sad day for the United States and...
December 24th, 2014
Merry Christmas to all of you! I just love this time of year, don't you? To me it's special because I know I'll be baking cookies with the kids and gathering with my family and friends over special, time honored recipes...
December 17th, 2014
Editor's Note: Senator Ted Cruz repsonds to President Obama’s announcement today to change U.S. policy with Cuba and lift economic embargoes.
December 10th, 2014
Editor's Note: A resolution co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia unanimously passed the Senate yesterday to condemn the use of civilians...
December 4th, 2014
Greenpeace International is seeking help from President Obama during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Lima, Peru that concludes on December 12. Greenpeace wants him to “lead the international...
December 1st, 2014
Hillary Clinton has the office closest to the door; the Democrats want her gone!The evidence mounts almost daily, as Clinton dodges the arrows (and shoes), and Elizabeth Warren continues to shoot them. The fake Indian...
November 20th, 2014
The call of the wild from mammoth African elephants and rhinos has grown meek and blissfully silent.The culprit: outlaw terrorists who are tracking and hunting down these massive creatures to fund their filthy, lucre...
November 18th, 2014
Two Palestinians attacked a synagogue in Jerusalem and killed four Israeli worshipers. This act of terror must immediately be condemned by the international community.As we mourn the death of the three American citizens...