Probe follows fatal Houthi drone attack near U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan demanding answers regarding the White House’s Drone Task Force. The Biden administration has allowed over $100 billion to flow to the […]
In opening statement at hearing on AI and Data Privacy, Cruz calls for balance of privacy and innovation WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled “The Need to Protect Americans’ Privacy and the AI Accelerant,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) highlighted how the Biden administration’s executive actions on […]
Companies may be exploiting the Intergovernmental Personnel Act program to shape AI policy WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has opened an investigation into Big Tech companies’ funding of Biden administration staff salaries through an obscure program. Last October, President Biden issued an executive order directing federal agencies to […]
32 Senators object to California Air Resources Board Waiver rule that would increase rail costs and harm consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently led a letter with 31 of his Senate Republican colleagues to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan voicing their objection to a California […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) are leading a bipartisan, bicameral coalition of Texas lawmakers in urging Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to allocate San Antonio International Airport (SAT) one of the new long-haul, round-trip flights to Ronald Reagan Washington […]
Victims advocate for Congress to pass Sen. Cruz’s TAKE IT DOWN Act to force websites to remove explicit images and make publishing such images a federal crime WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) yesterday held a field hearing in Dallas, Texas titled, “Take It Down: Ending Big Tech’s Complicity […]
In opening remarks at Commerce field hearing, Cruz discusses bipartisan, first-of-its-kind TAKE IT DOWN Act DALLAS, TX –In his opening statement at today’s field hearing titled “Take It Down: Ending Big Tech’s Complicity In Revenge Porn,” Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) highlighted the need for a federal solution to address the scourge […]
Committee Probe Uncovers Admin Deliberately Hired Campaign Design Firm for Public Works Signage WASHINTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is requesting the U.S. Office of Special Counsel investigate the Biden administration’s requirement that states, localities, and even nonprofits seeking federal infrastructure grants display signs designed by the Biden campaign. […]
Senators’ letter follows NYT investigation that exposed how WADA allowed Chinese swimmers to compete during Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for banned drugs, Team USA to compete against same swimmers in Paris WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today sent a letter today to […]
Bipartisan legislation would require social media sites to take down such explicit imagery and make publishing it a federal crime WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks (TAKE IT DOWN) Act to protect and […]