Ted Cruz

A bill to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of, and provide protections for, student athletes and to promote fair competition among intercollegiate athletics, and for…

Introduced Jun 2, 2026Sponsor: Ted Cruz

SB4009

Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act

USSenateFloor Vote

A bill to provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to forced organ harvesting within the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.

Introduced Mar 5, 2026Sponsor: Ted Cruz

SB3798

Safe Access to Cash Act of 2026

USSenateFloor Vote

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal offenses with respect to violations involving ATMs, regardless of whether the ATM is located on the physical…

Introduced Feb 5, 2026Sponsor: Ted Cruz

SB759

Modernizing Access to Our Public Oceans Act

USSenateEnacted

A bill to provide for standardization, publication, and accessibility of data relating to public outdoor recreational use of Federal waterways, and for other purposes.

Introduced Feb 26, 2025Sponsor: Ted Cruz

SB283

Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act

USSenatePassed

A bill to require the Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and the Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a standard…

Introduced Jan 28, 2025Sponsor: Ted Cruz

Recent Votes

Bill	Chamber	Roll call	Vote
Stop Insider Trading Act	house	—	Yea
Ratepayer Protection Act	house	—	Yea
Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program	senate	—	Yea
Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program	senate	—	Nay
Protect College Sports Act of 2026 HBCU Sports Media and Connectivity Program	senate	—	Nay

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Biography

Rafael Edward Cruz (born December 22, 1970) is a Canadian-born American politician and attorney serving since 2013 as the junior United States Senator from Texas. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2003 to 2008 as the third Solicitor General of Texas. He has been described as a movement conservative, a social conservative, and a constitutional conservative with libertarian leanings. Cruz has chaired the Senate Commerce Committee since 2025. After graduating from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts and earning a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, Cruz pursued a career in politics, eventually becoming a policy advisor in the George W. Bush administration. In 2003, Texas attorney general Greg Abbott appointed Cruz solicitor general, a position he held until 2008. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 2012, Cruz is the first Hispanic American to be a U.S. senator from Texas. He played a leading role in the 2013 federal government shutdown, unsuccessfully seeking to force Congress and President Barack Obama to defund the Affordable Care Act. Cruz was reelected in a close race in 2018 and in 2024. In 2025, he drafted and led the effort to pass the TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump. In May 2025, Cruz introduced a bill to create what later became Trump accounts. In 2016, Cruz sought the Republican presidential nomination, emerging as a serious competitor to Trump in a primary marked by intense and often personal exchanges. Cruz initially withheld his endorsement after Trump won the nomination, but became a supporter during Trump's first term. Cruz is set to become Texas's senior senator when John Cornyn leaves office in 2027.