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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, the Senate Commerce Committee’s AI provision in the budget reconciliation text, released by Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas), received widespread praise from conservative groups, business and policy leaders, and entrepreneurs in the tech industry. The provision, expected to be included in the Senate’s One, Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB), helps the U.S. beat China in the AI race by spurring investment and encouraging some measure of certainty to developers, researchers, and small businesses that might otherwise be subjected to a fragmented regulatory landscape governed by inconsistent and conflicting state-level laws.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, published the updated text for the Commerce Committee’s portion of the budget reconciliation bill. The revisions include technical edits while maintaining the original achievement of reducing deficits by more than $40 billion over a decade, ending more than $1.4 billion in wasteful spending, turbocharging the American economy, upgrading transportation infrastructure, strengthening national security, and promoting domestic innovation and manufacturing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. ET to consider the following legislation and nomination

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy hearing titled “WADA Shame: Swimming in Denial Over Chinese Doping,” Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) condemned the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) for failing to enforce anti-doping standards and compromising the integrity of athletic competition. Sen. Cruz criticized WADA for allowing Chinese athletes who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs to compete in the Olympics without consequence.