Republican News

July 27, 2023
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Speaks in Support of his TICKET Act and AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, Details Areas Where Children’s Safety Legislation Can Be Improved   WASHINGTON, D.C. – In his opening statement at today’s full committee markup, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed the importance of the committee’s bipartisan efforts that will greatly benefit American consumers […]

July 27, 2023
Press Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded committee passage of the bipartisan, bicameral AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, legislation he introduced with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) to require automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in vehicles. Upon committee passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act, […]

July 27, 2023
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Annual Defense Bill Includes Key Bipartisan, Cruz-Led Priorities   Cruz Provisions Will Expedite Permitting Approvals for Semiconductor Factories & Give Consumers Disclosure on Home Appliance Recording Devices   WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) released the following statements after two key provisions he worked to introduce —one to streamline […]

July 19, 2023
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Beer industry ad board issues ruling — only lawyer on board agrees that Mulvaney selection violated industry code against marketing to the under-aged WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today applauded an opinion from Paul Summers—a former state appeals court judge and attorney general of Tennessee—who found that Bud Light’s sponsorship of […]

July 13, 2023
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Highlights Past Bipartisan Efforts to Address Sexual Assault in the Military  WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s Senate Commerce Committee subcommittee hearing on the U.S. Coast Guard, Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) expressed his deep concerns about disturbing reports of past sexual assaults at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and highlighted his bipartisan work to address […]

July 13, 2023
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (D-W.Va), announced that they had secured a bipartisan amendment to prevent the Biden administration from banning gas stoves in households across America in the Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Services and General Government […]

July 12, 2023
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Casts Vote Against Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks, Supports Brendan Carr, Fara Damelin, and Alvin Brown WASHINGTON, D.C. – At today’s committee hearing to vote on nominations for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) voiced opposition to Anna Gomez and Geoffrey Starks to serve as FCC commissioners, noting that Gomez had […]

July 11, 2023
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Requests Unanimous Consent to Pass Bipartisan Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act, Receives Objection from Sen. 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 Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act, bipartisan legislation he introduced with Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) […]

June 29, 2023
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Sex assault prevention director attributes ‘misogyny and racism [to] same white, male root’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today sent a letter to Vice Admiral Joanna Nunan, the superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), demanding answers about the safety of cadets in light of disturbing remarks […]

June 23, 2023
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of Ford’s recent announcement that it will keep AM radio in its 2024 vehicles, U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a bipartisan letter to seven automakers that have either removed or plan to remove broadcast AM radio in […]