“MWAA is not United Airlines’ corporate lobbyist, nor should it be” WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to John Potter, President and Chief Executive Officer Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), requesting information regarding MWAA’s work opposing more flights at to Ronald Reagan Washington National […]
Cruz Outlines Need for a Longer Term FAA Reauthorization WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), and Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) today took to the Senate floor requesting unanimous consent to pass a temporary extension of the Federal Aviation Administration’s authorization. The […]
Argues diversity conditions on NPR, PBS stations post-SCOTUS Harvard admission decision flout civil rights laws WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently sent a letter to Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) President and CEO Patricia de Stacy Harrison, expressing objections to a CPB mandate that radio and television […]
Letter Highlights Seemingly Inconsistent Enforcement of Community Guidelines Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash) today sent a letter to Eventbrite President and CEO Julia Hartz requesting details regarding the firm’s seemingly inconsistent enforcement of community guidelines targeting […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s executive session to vote on the nomination of J. Todd Inman to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board and to consider Coast Guard promotions, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voiced his strong support for Mr. Inman’s nomination citing his leadership experience and qualifications […]
FBI, NSF, & Other Agencies Paid Colleges to Police Constitutionally Protected Speech Online WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is asking the U.S. Department of State (State Department), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and National Science Foundation (NSF) to turn over information regarding […]
Passage of popular bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act blocked by Sen. Rand Paul 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 his bipartisan, bicameral AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act. The legislation, which he introduced with Sen. Ed Markey […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The investigation by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) into the Bud Light-Dylan Mulvaney advertising campaign is taking a step forward with a new inquiry of a company that connects advertisers with social media influencers, particularly ones whose target audiences are minors. In a letter to the CEO of […]
Democrats plowing ahead with government-mandated affirmative action and race-based pricing for broadband WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to finalize its “Digital Discrimination” order: “Despite admitting there’s ‘little to no evidence’ of discrimination by telecommunications companies, Democrats are hoping […]