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Recent News About Ted Cruz
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Senator Cruz on Bitcoin mining: “an opportunity in real time to enhance the resiliency of our grid’
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has, again, voiced his support for Bitcoin mining in Texas, citing the state's abundant energy resources and entrepreneurial spirit as key advantages, among other reasons.
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Sen. Cruz Tours Stephen F. Austin State University Stem Center
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today toured Stephen F. Austin State University’s Ed and Gwen Cole STEM Center and met with community and university leaders.
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Sen. Cruz Visits Spacex’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member on the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, today visited SpaceX’s Starbase, a spaceport and production facility for the company’s rockets. Sen. Cruz met with SpaceX leaders to discuss their operations, missions, and needs in the commercial space sector.
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Cruz, Comer Insist Doj Investigate Radical Environmental Organizations Accepting Money While Skirting Fara
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and U.S. Representative James Comer (R-Ky.), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, today sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland at the Department of Justice requesting an investigation into why radical environmental organizations have been able to accept foreign money without registering under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
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Senate Passes Cruz Amendment Prohibiting Sale of Strategic Petroleum Reserve Oil to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), today secured Senate passage of their bipartisan amendment to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act prohibiting the sale of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) crude oil to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Sen. Cruz previously introduced similar legislation as the No Emergency Crude Oil for Foreign Adversaries Act in 2022 and earlier this year.
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Senator Cruz: 'The DOJ must ensure that our adversaries such as the CCP are not operating intelligence operations or engaging in repression on U.S. soil.'
Texas Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, along with eight other Republican senators, have joined forces to seek answers regarding alleged service centers in the United States that are linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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Cruz Introduces Desist Act to Bar Jrotc Programs at Chinese Communist Party-linked Schools
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on July 11 introduced the Deterring Egregious State Infiltration of Schools’ Training (DESIST) Act. The Act would prohibit the Department of Defense from establishing or maintaining a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program at any private school operated or controlled by entities linked to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
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Cruz, Colleagues Call on Blinken to Reverse Biden Administration’s New Antisemitic Israel Boycott
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on July 11 sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to rescind discriminatory guidance issued by the State Department halting bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in certain Israeli-held territories.
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Sen. Cruz on the Supreme Court’s Decision in 303 Creative V. Elenis: ‘a Victory for Free Exercise All Across the U.s.’
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution in the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis case.
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Sen. Cruz Statement on Supreme Court’s Decisions in Affirmative Action Cases
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released a statement today following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in the casesStudents for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina.
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Sen. Cruz Celebrates Signing of Legislation to Increase Veterans’ Access to Scholarships for Maritime Academies Like Texas a&m Maritime
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after President Biden signed into law the Changing Age-Determined Eligibility to Student Incentive Payments (CADETS) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.).
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Sen. Cruz on Today’s Supreme Court Ruling in Groff V. Dejoy: ‘religious Liberty Has Prevailed Once Again’
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, today issued the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in Groff v. DeJoy:
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Sen. Cruz Leading Bipartisan Effort to Get Texas-mexico Border Bridges Built
Bicameral Delegation Letter to Secretary Blinken Urges Admin to Approve Necessary Permits
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E-newsletter - Week of June 23rd
I began last weekend out in Perryton, Texas, joining the community in the aftermath of the tornado there, participating in a brief with local and state officials, speaking with Perryton residents, and helping clean up. Read more here.
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Sen. Cruz Condemns Biden Administration Antisemitic Discrimination Against Israel
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Biden administration instated a boycott against scientific and technological cooperation with Jews living in Judea and Samaria.
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Senate Passes Sens. Cruz, Welch’s Bipartisan Bill Targeting Deadly New Street Drug Tranq
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today praised the Senate’s passage of his bipartisan legislation to help combat the rise in illicit use of the dangerous animal tranquilizer xylazine, or tranq. The Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, which Sen. Cruz introduced with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to take steps to enhance understanding of tranq and other novel synthetic drugs, develop new tests for detection, and establish partnerships with front-line entities that are often the first points of contact with new street drugs.
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Sens. Cruz and Markey Send Bipartisan Letter Urging Automakers to Keep Am Radio in Vehicles
In the wake of Ford’s recent announcement that it will keep AM radio in its 2024 vehicles, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a bipartisan letter to seven automakers that have either removed or plan to remove broadcast AM radio in their current and future vehicle models, including electric vehicles (EVs). The letter urges the automakers to make a commitment to keep AM radio in their vehicles.
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Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill to Accelerate Senate Scrutiny and Approval of New Cdc Director
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a bill to move up the date by which the position of Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) becomes a Senate-approved position. Currently, the CDC Director is directly appointed by the president without Senate confirmation, but the position is scheduled to become a Senate-confirmed position starting in January 2025. Sen. Cruz’s bill, the CDC Accountability Act, would make this position Senate confirmable immediately upon enactment of the bill, allowing Senators the opportunity to properly vet and examine the next CDC Director.
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Sens. Cruz, Barrasso Lead Republicans in Blasting Biden Efforts to Weaponize Rulemaking Reviews
Letter Criticizes Effort to Undo Objective Cost-Benefit Analysis to Further Woke Agenda
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Senator Cruz Visits Perryton, Texas
On June 16, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) visited Perryton, Texas to be with the community in the aftermath of the tornado there.