Greetings,
This
week, once again, Washington politicians failed to listen to the
American people. The Senate passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending
bill, and the Majority Leader and Senate Democrats refused to reexamine
the detrimental harms many families are facing due to Obamacare. The
expansion of federal power and the lawlessness promoted among Senate
Democrats and the President must stop.
Just
this year, President Obama has delayed the employer mandate by a year,
without the approval of Congress. He has chosen to modify enforcement of
drug crimes, without the approval of Congress. He has granted legal
status to illegal immigrants, without the approval of Congress.
We
have had enough. It is time to make D.C. listen. I hope you will keep
reading below for an update on my recent efforts to bring the people’s
voice to Washington.
All the best,
Ted Cruz
We Should Defund Obamacare and Fund Military Pensions
On
Thursday, Sen. Cruz asked for unanimous consent to pass one amendment
to prohibit the omnibus spending bill from funding Obamacare, then a
second amendment to defund Obamacare and use the funds to restore cuts
to military pensions.
"This
$1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill is outrageous enough, but on top of
that it provides direct funding for Obamacare, which is destroying
jobs, killing insurance plans, causing premiums to increase and people
to lose their doctors. We should defund Obamacare and focus our tax
dollars on priorities that help Americans, such as restoring full
funding for military pensions for the men and women who protect us.
Instead, the Senate squelched any debate over Obamacare and proceeded to
pass its trillion dollar spending bill no one has even read. The fact
that the Washington establishment is hailing a massive $1 trillion
omnibus spending bill as a worthy achievement is exactly what's wrong
with our government today."
Chilling Report Concludes Benghazi Attacks Preventable; Families of Victims Deserve the Truth
On Thursday, Sen. Cruz released the following statement on the Senate Select Committee’s Review of the Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi, Libya:
"The majority views
of the SSCI report confirm a number of things long suspected about the
Benghazi attacks. Our government was warned, and there were steps that
could have been taken to protect Americans. But our people were left at
significant risk against a known terrorist threat, and when the attack
came, there was no help to send. After the attack, the Obama
administration tried to mask its failure with false claims of a protest
over an Internet video. All the while, the terrorists who carried out
this attack are still at large. Most chilling, however, is the
conclusion that the attacks were preventable in the first place."
Sen. Cruz Questions Government Surveillance Programs
On Monday, in the
Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Cruz asked witnesses if government
surveillance programs have focused too much on gathering information on
law-abiding citizens and too little on people who are actually tied to
terrorism. Here are a few highlights:
"I
think a great many Americans are concerned about the current state of
NSA surveillance. I have concerns on two fronts: I am concerned on the
one hand that the federal government has not been effective enough
monitoring and surveilling bad guys. That we have not succeeded in
preventing what should have been preventable terrorist attacks. And that
the same time I am concerned that the sweep of the surveillance has
been far too broad with respect to law-abiding citizens. And I think a
great many Americans would prefer to see that reversed.
"Am I understanding
correctly the conclusions that the commissions received, that in your
judgment the bulk metadata program has not to date prevented any
specific terrorist attack? Is that an accurate understanding?"
Speaking with Shannon Bream on America's News HQ
On Sunday, Sen. Cruz
spoke with Shannon Bream about President Obama’s lawlessness. People of
all political persuasions should be concerned by the current
administration’s disregard for the law, Sen. Cruz said.
Israel has lost a great warrior and the United States has lost a great friend
This week, Sen. Cruz reacted to news of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's passing:
"The story of Ariel
Sharon’s life was very much the story of the state of Israel from his
birth in Kfar Malal twenty years before Israel was established, to
fighting in the Six Days war of 1967, to his service as Prime Minister
from 2001-06. He experienced enormous struggle and adversity, but
persevered in the defense of the nation he loved. Israel has lost a
great warrior and the United States has lost a great friend. May he rest
in peace."
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