WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation hearing titled “U.S. Air Traffic Control Systems, Personnel and Safety,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voiced his deep concerns over the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) inability to modernize “at risk” systems and highlighted the serious need for improving air […]
Commerce Committee favorably reports out nominees in final executive session of 118th Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee executive session to consider nominations, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) outlined his intentions to thoroughly review and quickly confirm President-elect Trump’s nominees as the incoming Chairman of the Committee. The cabinet nominees […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband hearing titled “Communications Networks Safety & Security,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stressed the need for decisive and strategic action in the face of cyber threats from malicious overseas actors. This requires hard work and decision making rather than knee-jerk, […]
The TAKE IT DOWN Act criminalizes the publication of fake explicit images and requires websites to remove them WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) bipartisan legislation, the TAKE IT DOWN Act, today passed the Senate unanimously and now moves to the House for consideration. The TAKE IT DOWN Act, […]
Letter urges DOJ probe, details how Europeans are seeking to hamstring US AI development WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate whether foreign organizations had failed to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act […]
New Grants from Telecom Agency Would Violate the Fifth Amendment WASHINGTON, D.C. –?In case you missed it, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is calling for the administration to withdraw and halt its unlawful and discriminatory guidance?for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) ‘Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program.’ The ‘Digital Equity’ program […]
NTIA wasted $250 million in taxpayer funds hiring for a program that hasn’t even launched yet WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week urged the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to pause its unlawful Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) activities. NTIA’s renegade actions are saddling states […]
Cruz, Blackburn, Lummis letter highlights discrimination against satellite and wireless broadband WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) called out the Biden-Harris administration for spreading misinformation about broadband in the U.S. in a letter to the U.S. Census Bureau and […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), released an investigative report into how the National Science Foundation (NSF) has increasingly politicized the use of taxpayer dollars meant for scientific research. The report details how more than one quarter of all NSF spending now flows to support left-wing […]
Kelly-Cruz law to expedite semiconductor projects will unlock tens of thousands of Texas jobs, billions in new investments WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after bipartisan legislation he authored with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) to dramatically expedite semiconductor manufacturing plant construction was signed into […]