WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement after Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced her plan to reverse the “net neutrality” rules for the broadband industry: “America is leading the world with faster and more competitively-priced Internet service. This was made clear during the pandemic, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today sent a letter to the law firm Sher Edling LLP demanding information related to the firm’s barrage of lawsuits targeting energy companies, and the role the acting administrator of the National […]
“Banning customers from using their products due to political differences is not good business,” Sen. Cruz writes in new letter WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today welcomed Intuit’s decision to no longer forbid lawful gun sellers and manufacturers from using certain QuickBooks services. Intuit’s recent policy reversal came […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today released the following statement after Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced her plan to reverse the “net neutrality” rules for the broadband industry: “America is leading the world with faster and more competitively-priced Internet service. This was made clear during the pandemic, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today took to the Senate floor requesting unanimous consent to pass the Pay Our Coast Guard Act, bicameral, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Senators Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.). The Pay Our Coast Guard Act would ensure Coast Guardsmen are paid […]
Washington, D.C. – Last week, Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) joined Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on an amicus brief in a case concerning the Biden administration’s decision to alter the terms of “Lease Sale 261,” an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee nominations hearing, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) outlined how Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Lina Khan has broken the “bipartisan camaraderie” that made the FTC effective and has veered far beyond the bounds of statutory authority to pursue a “plainly partisan agenda.” Senator […]
Ann Carlson’s acting status violates Vacancies Act, GOP Commerce senators demand her removal from role ‘immediately’ WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today led all Committee Republicans in sending a letter to President Biden, blasting the administration for violating the Vacancies Act by allowing Ann Carlson, who was effectively rejected […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the announcement that Norfolk Southern made good on the formal promise it gave Sen. Cruz just four months earlier to establish a compensation fund for sales by East Palestine homeowners whose property values declined due to the derailment. […]
$42 Billion BEAD Program Duplicates Existing Gov’t Spending, Closes Digital Divide for Vacation Homes and D.C.’s National Zoo WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee under Ranking Member Ted Cruz released its fact-finding report on the single largest pot of federal money ever allocated for broadband—the $42.45 billion allocation for the Broadband […]