Ted Cruz
U.S. Senator · Texas · Republican · Chair, Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Statements and posts
303 press releases, floor remarks and posts since Jan 3, 2025.
Pick a week or a day to set the dates below. One count per message: copies of one post on X and Bluesky count once, and reposts aren’t counted. Shading is scaled to Cruz’s own volume over the last 12 months (a typical active day = 1). May 25, 2026 – Aug 16, 2026.
8 statements, Aug 3, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026
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Sens. Cruz, Slotkin Introduce Bill to Protect Americans' Right to Worship
Introduced bill to protect First Amendment right to worship by establishing protection zones.
“The First Amendment guarantees every American the right to freely exercise their faith, and Congress has a duty to ensure that guarantee is met. In recent years, we have seen organized acts of hate meant to disrupt and deny that right, which have been untenably defended as speech.”
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Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 5345 (Executive Session)
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, on the merits, there are no substantive objections to this legislation. However, we do have a challenge between the two Chambers of Congress. The Senate is doing its work. The Senate is taking up important pieces of legislation, reaching bipartisan…
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Sens. Cruz, Britt, Colleagues Introduce Bill to Strengthen Immigration Detention Laws
Introduced bill to close legal loophole allowing release of detained illegal aliens.
“Illegal aliens who commit serious crimes should never be released back onto American streets for any reason, let alone because their home countries refuse to allow them to return.”
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Senate floor
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Unanimous Consent Requests (Executive Session)
Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the critical need for disaster relief in my home State of Texas for a Texas community that was devastated by historic wildfires. I will seek to improve the pending Disaster Tax Relief Act being considered by the Senate to address that acute need in Texas.…
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Sen. Cruz Delivers Opening Remarks on Muslim Brotherhood Threat
Chaired hearing examining Muslim Brotherhood's influence in American institutions.
“The events we witnessed on college campuses after October 7 did not emerge from nowhere. They were not spontaneous. They were not organic. They were the product of an organized network that has spent decades building influence inside the United States. Just look at this dais.”
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Unanimous Consent Request--H.R. 2069 (Executive Calendar)
Reserving the right to object, I understand that my colleague from Iowa is deeply interested in getting this legislation passed, and I appreciate the diligence and effort she has devoted to this legislation. This is a good bill. I support her bill. Indeed, I voted for her bill, as did every other…
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Introduced bipartisan resolution supporting free and fair elections in Venezuela.
“The people of Venezuela deserve free, fair, and transparent elections, and it is vital to the national security interests of the United States that those elections occur expeditiously.”
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Sen. Cruz Leads Bill to Restore State Authority Over Insurance
Reintroduced bill to abolish Federal Insurance Office and return regulatory authority to states.
“The Federal Insurance Office is a redundant, ever-expanding, unaccountable entity that infringes upon states’ authority to regulate the insurance industry. This legislation will rein in bureaucratic overreach by the federal government and empower state regulators to focus on what is best for consumers in their states.”
Sources: members’ press releases from their official websites (since the 119th Congress began (Jan 3, 2025)), the Congressional Record (since Aug 2026), and Bluesky posts. Quotes are shown only when they match the archived source text word for word; topics are AI-read and mentions are matched from the text.