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Ted Cruz: Here’s How to Win the Battle Against ISIS
In part two of an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal, Sen. Ted Cruz talks about why the United States should not be picking sides in Syria and how past policies of deposing dictators, from Libya to Egypt, have backfired. The Texas Republican lays out his three-part strategy for defeating ISIS, where he says our ultimate… -
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Ted Cruz: Despite What Obama Says, We Are at War Against Radical Islam
In the first part of an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal, Sen. Ted Cruz talks about why President Barack Obama won’t admit the United States is at war with radical Islam. Following his speech on national security at The Heritage Foundation, Cruz addressed the debate over banning Muslims from entering the U.S., whether France has… -
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Ted Cruz Outlines Assertive Foreign Policy, Campaign to Destroy ISIS
The United States must do “whatever is necessary and required” to destroy the Islamic State, Sen. Ted Cruz said Thursday, laying out a muscular foreign policy that would target that terrorist army and reassert American leadership on the world stage. Cruz, R-Texas, recalled Ronald Reagan’s decisive role in dismantling Soviet communism during the Cold War, saying that a… -
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Sen. Ted Cruz: ‘Global Warming Alarmists’ Ignore Scientific Data ‘Inconvenient’ to Climate Change Narrative
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz convened a subcommittee hearing Tuesday to dispute the validity of research from climate “alarmists,” whose findings have become central to crafting environmental policy. Cruz used his opening remarks to detail the 2013 expedition where a ship of 74 people sent into Antarctica to research climate change got stuck in ice, forcing an… -
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Ted Cruz Offers Bill to Bar Refugees From Terrorist Strongholds
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced legislation to bar refugees from any country “substantially controlled” by a terrorist group from entering the United States. “After watching the horrific scenes play out in Paris, we have to take basic steps to protect ourselves from the growing threat of radical Islamic terrorism,” Cruz said in a… -
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Sen. Ted Cruz Goes After Justice Department for Operation Choke Point
During a confirmation hearing for a high-ranking Justice Department nominee, Sen. Ted Cruz accused the agency of abusing its power as part of its involvement in Operation Choke Point. “By cutting off financial resources to lawful small businesses, Operation Choke Point is an abuse of power that undermines the integrity of the DOJ,” Cruz, R-Texas,… -
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Ted Cruz: Obama-Boehner Budget Deal ‘Complete And Utter Surrender’
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a lame-duck Speaker John Boehner have once again linked arms with a lame-duck President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to extend Washington’s failed spending policies another two years. This is not a “grand bargain” or negotiation—it is complete and utter surrender. John Boehner’s golden parachute will certainly cement his legacy,… -
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Ted Cruz: ‘Meaningful Concessions’ Republican Leadership Should Receive in Debt Ceiling Fight
Sen. Ted Cruz says Republican leadership should make sure it receives “meaningful concessions” in the fight over raising the debt ceiling. But he’s not holding his breath. “Unfortunately, Republican leadership approaches every battle pre-emptively surrendering, saying we can get nothing,” Cruz tells The Daily Signal. The deadline to raise the debt ceiling is Nov. 3…. -
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Ted Cruz Delivers Speech on Sanctuary Cities: ‘Defiance of Our Laws Will No Longer Be Tolerated’
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, delivered a speech Tuesday on the Senate floor in support of the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, legislation he co-sponsored that would deny some federal funds to “sanctuary cities,” or jurisdictions that don’t uphold federal immigration law. The legislation was later defeated in a 54-45 vote; it needed 60 votes… -
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Ted Cruz: Obama ‘Regulation Epidemic’ Hurts Minorities
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz criticized the Obama administration’s “regulation epidemic” for harming minorities in the U.S. through excessive costs and convoluted red tape. “Overregulation harms everyone, but it especially harms those who don’t have the resources or the political connections to get a special exemption, to have a lobbyist, to get a favor from government—and… -
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How Senate GOP Leadership Stymied Ted Cruz on Defunding Planned Parenthood
Days after Sen. Ted Cruz criticized his party’s leadership for preemptively surrendering to President Barack Obama, those GOP leaders exacted their revenge on Cruz. As the Senate voted Monday on a continuing resolution with taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood, Cruz attempted to offer an amendment ending all federal funding for America’s largest abortion provider. The… -
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Ted Cruz: GOP Leadership Won’t Fight to End Planned Parenthood’s Federal Funding
Sen. Ted Cruz delivered a blistering critique of Republican leadership Thursday, just hours before lawmakers held what he described as a “show vote” attempting to end Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding. The Texas Republican summoned a handful of reporters, including The Daily Signal, to his Senate office to blast his own party for surrendering on the… -
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5 Actions Ted Cruz Says He Would Take on His First Day in the Oval Office
ATLANTA, Ga.—During a speech today, Sen. Ted Cruz told a group of conservative activists the first actions he would take should he be elected president. Speaking at the Red State Gathering, Cruz said that there are five policies he would implement on his first day in the Oval Office. The first action would be to… -
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Ted Cruz: Supreme Court Nominees Should Have ‘Paper Trail’ to Prove Conservatism
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who recently called for amending the Constitution to allow the public to vote on Supreme Court judges, says strict constructionist Supreme Court justices with a solid paper trail are needed. Cruz believes that the main problem is that Supreme Court justices are being chosen without a proven paper trail. He points… -
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Watch Ted Cruz’s Epic Rant About How GOP Leadership Keeps Failing Conservatives
On the Senate floor this morning, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, blasted Republican leadership. “We’ve had a Republican majority in both houses of Congress now for about six months,” said Cruz in a speech. “What has that majority done? First thing we did – in December, we came back and passed a trillion dollar cromnibus plan,… -
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Ted Cruz Questions ICE Official Over Illegal Immigration: ‘There Is a Reason the American People Are Upset’
Sen. Ted Cruz questioned U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Sarah Saldaña during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing about illegal immigration on Tuesday. Family members of victims of crimes committed by immigrants illegally in the country testified at the hearing, including Jim Steinle, the father of Kate Steinle, who was recently murdered by an illegal… -
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Ted Cruz Pushes to Rename Street Outside Cuban Embassy After Slain Dissident
On Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a resolution to rename the street in front of Cuba’s embassy in Washington, D.C. after slain Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá. Often described as the Nelson Mandela of Cuba, Payá, along with fellow dissident Harold Cepero, was killed in a car accident in 2012. Payá’s death is widely believed to… -
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Ted Cruz: Because of Iran Deal, Jihadists ‘Will Use Our Money to Murder Americans’
GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz says if the nuclear weapons deal with Iran goes through, the White House will become directly responsible for supporting terrorism around the globe. “The Obama administration will become the world’s leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism,” Cruz tells The Daily Signal. “Billions of dollars will flow to Iran. Iran is… -
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Ted Cruz Willing to Use ‘Any and All’ Tools to Stop Export-Import Bank Reauthorization
With talk of the Export-Import Bank’s reauthorization continuing on Capitol Hill, Sen. Ted Cruz said today he plans to use “any and all” tools possible to stop the 81-year-old agency from coming back to life. Speaking to reporters in front of the U.S. Capitol today, Cruz, R-Texas, raised the prospect of filibustering a highway funding… -
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Ted Cruz: ‘Tragic’ Supreme Court Decisions Are ‘Judicial Activism’
DES MOINES, Iowa—At a campaign appearance here, Sen. Ted Cruz on Saturday railed against two “tragic” Supreme Court decisions, criticizing the verdicts as “judicial activism.” “Both decisions were judicial activism, plain and simple,” said Cruz, referring to the Supreme Court’s decisions to legalize gay marriage and allow nationwide health care subsidies under Obamacare. “Even in…