WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) published a Fox News op-ed on June 9th highlighting the need for Congress to swiftly pass their AM for Every Vehicle Act. This bipartisan and bicameral legislation would direct federal regulators to […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement for the record of today’s “Protecting Consumers from Junk Fees” subcommittee hearing, Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said companies, especially ticket sellers, should be transparent and disclose additional fees up front. He also urged his colleagues to support the TICKET Act, legislation he introduced with […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led a coalition of their Senate and House colleagues in introducing the AM for Every Vehicle Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation that would direct federal regulators to require automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in their […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement on Senate passage of the Changing Age-Determined Eligibility to Student Incentive Payments (CADETS) Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.). The bill expands the age of eligibility for a Maritime Administration program that gives financial assistance […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security, today opened an investigation into and called on the beer industry’s self-regulatory body—the Beer Institute—to investigate whether Anheuser-Busch’s partnership with influencer Dylan Mulvaney violates the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Examining NASA’s FY24 Budget and Priorities,” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed many of the exciting developments in space exploration and the importance of ensuring that the United States continues to lead the world in space exploration. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) today sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission Acting Inspector General asking that she open an investigation into whether FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel’s unprecedented actions against the Standard General-TEGNA transaction, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) praised the Committee’s passage of his bipartisan legislation to help combat the rise in illicit use of the dangerous animal tranquilizer xylazine, or tranq. The Testing, Rapid Analysis, and Narcotic Quality (TRANQ) Research Act, which Sen. Cruz introduced with Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.), […]
Before Raising Taxes to Finance USF, Program Reforms Needed WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement for the record for today’s Subcommittee on Communications, Media and Broadband hearing titled “The State of Universal Service”, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) expressed his concerns that the FCC’s Universal Service Fund has imposed skyrocketing tax burdens on American […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee markup, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) detailed his concerns about how the Railway Safety Act would make it easier for the Biden administration to restrict the transportation of coal, oil, natural gas, and ethanol. Ranking Member Cruz’s opening remarks, as delivered: “Thank you Madam […]