Republican News

August 13, 2024
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Letter requests body-camera footage, after-action reports, and measures to prevent future violence, vandalism WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is demanding answers from the director of National Park Service (NPS) regarding the Biden-Harris administration’s failure to deploy adequate resources to prevent the pro-Hamas riot at Union Station last month. […]

August 13, 2024
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Instead of connecting Americans, Internet Czar Harris and admin created billion-dollar slush fund to saddle BEAD with left-wing agenda  WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is demanding answers about a nearly billion-dollar administrative slush fund that the Biden-Harris administration took from a program meant to help connect Americans to […]

August 9, 2024
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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 […]

August 8, 2024
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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 […]

August 2, 2024
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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 […]

August 1, 2024
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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 […]

August 1, 2024
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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 […]

July 31, 2024
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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 […]

July 31, 2024
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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 […]

July 31, 2024
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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 […]