Senator Ted Cruz

Senator Ted Cruz - R

167 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-5922

email him

to schedule a meeting email scheduler@cruz.senate.gov or use online form

Committees:

• COMMERCE, SCIENCE & TRANSPORTATION (Chair) (Subs: Aviation, Space & Innovation; Coast Guard, Maritime & Fisheries; Consumer Protection, Technology & Data Privacy; Science, Manufacturing & Competitiveness; Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines & Safety; Telecommunications and Media); 

• FOREIGN RELATIONS (Subs: Africa & Global Health Policy (Chair); Near East, South Asia, Central Asia & Counterterrorism; Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights & Global Women’s Issues); 

• JUDICIARY (Subs: Border Security & Immigration; Constitution; Crime & Counterterrorism; Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action & Federal Rights (Chair)); 

• RULES & ADMINISTRATION 

Global Action Record:

• 2015/05/22 - Trade Promotion Authority - Yea / 2015/06/24- Trade Promotion Authority - Nay

• 2017/09/06 - HR 601 +Harvey Relief + Continuing Resolution + raising debt limit - Yea (signed into law by President Trump)

• 2019/09/26 - cosponsor SRes 318 - Supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment

• 2022/10/19 - H.R.4693 - Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021 (unanimous, President Biden signed into law) 

• 2024/12/23 - READ Act Reauthorization Act signed into law within H.R.5009 the  National Defense Authorization Act 

U.S. Action Record: 

• 2013/05/21 - amendment to strike a reduction in SNAP - failed - Nay

• 2013/05/21 - amendment to enact $30 billion in cuts to SNAP- passed - Yea

• 2014//02/04 - HR 2642 - Agriculture Act of 2014 = Farm Bill (cuts SNAP $8.6b) - Nay

• 2015/12/17 - HR 2029 - Omnibus tax bill including permanent extension or critical EITC/CTC provisions - Nay

• 2018/06/28 - HR 2 Farm Bill senate version good for SNAP Yea (keeping amendment requiring photo ID Yea)

• 2020/03/25 - HR 748 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) - Yea

• 2020/12/21 - HR 133 FY21 + Coronavirus Relief - Nay

• 2025/07/04 - H.R.1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Reconciliation bill) signed into law Senate 51-50 & House 218-214 - Yea