Bill Blocks Air Marshals From Being Diverted to Biden Border Crisis WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today introduced the NO FAMS at the Border Act, legislation that would put federal air marshals back on airplanes as the administration has sent hundreds of federal law enforcement officials to the […]
Fair Qualifications for Pilots Act would spare UAS operators from onerous medical certifications meant for commercial airline pilots WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), and Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) recently introduced the Fair Qualifications for Pilots Act, bipartisan legislation that would prevent medical discrimination against […]
Commerce Department Plan Violates 5th Amendment, Civil Rights Laws by Considering Skin Color of an Applicant’s Suppliers WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-Ohio) are calling on the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) to reverse its unlawful and discriminatory […]
MAPOceans Act will standardize, digitize, and map fisheries info of federal waters WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) recently introduced the Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans (MAPOceans) Act, bipartisan legislation that would digitize and map public information about federal fishing restrictions in the […]
Durbin-Cruz Letter Comes After Zuckerberg Pledged To Follow Up at Judiciary Hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta Chairman, and CEO, requesting he fulfill the commitment he made at last month’s explosive […]
TX Farm Bureau Cheers NOAA Decision Delaying Devices’ Retirement After Cruz Inquiry WASHINGTON, D.C. – Texas farmers and ranchers will still have access to early warning signs of potential droughts due to the efforts of U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). The federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had planned […]
Delivers opening remarks at markup for FAA reauthorization bill that will nurture innovation and nascent technology, improve safety WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee executive session to consider the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2023, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed how this legislation would address many of the challenges […]
Introduced by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Protecting Innovation in Investment Act to protect Americans’ affordable access to financial markets. The Senators’ legislation would block the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today issued the following joint statement after the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued its preliminary report for its ongoing investigation of last month’s Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 door plug accident. Sens. Cruz and Moran […]
The Protecting Innovation in Investment Act will block the SEC from pursuing its war on technology WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Protecting Innovation in Investment Act to protect Americans’ affordable access to financial markets. In July 2023, the U.S. […]