Letter follows refusal by Dem FCC Commissioners to abide by commitments made in sworn testimony to Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent letters to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioners Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington in the wake of their Democrat colleagues’ refusal to abide by their […]
Sen. Cruz demands answers on DOT diverting money from undersea cable protections to DEI program WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) sent a letter to Maritime Administration (MARAD) Rear Adm. Ann Phillips, demanding answers on why the Biden-Harris administration chose to defund the Cable Security Fleet (CSF) program while […]
Approps language comes on heels of Cruz-Cantwell probe into World Anti-Doping Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement about the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Act. The FSGG bill includes a provision that Sen. Cruz had […]
Bill based on Committee probe that found online service providers weaponize terms of service agreements to silence customers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) this week introduced legislation to prevent Big Tech from silencing and denying customers access to business […]
Tech companies, law enforcement, business groups, and victim advocacy orgs call on Congress to swiftly pass bipartisan bill to protect, empower victims of deepfake revenge porn WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act has received widespread support from tech industry leaders, law enforcement, victim advocacy […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced a disapproval resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn a new Biden-Harris administration regulation that would effectively ban gas-powered automobiles and force American consumers to buy electric vehicles. This final rule from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), when […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statements after the Committee advanced four pieces of legislation with strong bipartisan support: the Fire Ready Nation Act, the Illegal Red Snapper Enforcement Act, National Landslide Preparedness Reauthorization Act, and the Bottles and Breastfeeding Equipment Screening Enhancement Act. These measures […]
Bipartisan bill to protect, empower victims of deepfake revenge porn clears crucial legislative hurdle WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) bipartisan legislation, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, today cleared the Commerce Committee unanimously. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, which Sen. Cruz recently introduced with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would […]
Legislative Solutions Must Be Targeted WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee executive session, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) outlined how Big Tech and the Radical Left are working to empower the administrative state to regulate AI in a fashion that will harm America’s entrepreneurs and innovators, and put the […]
Cruz voices support for KOSA and COPPA 2.0, highlights efforts to improve bills for floor WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today took to the Senate floor to speak in support of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), two […]