Sen. Cruz Concludes Another Successful Year Serving Texas and America

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued a statement this week about legislation he authored and passed into law throughout the past year to advance jobs in Texas and, more broadly, to advance the national security and economic interests of the United States.

Sen. Cruz said, "From the opening weeks of the new Congress, I drafted and passed into law conservative legislation that rolled back Obama-Biden policies that undermined the national, energy, and economic security of America, including liberal restrictions on home appliances that undermined the comfort of everyday Americans.

"In the Working Families Tax Cut Act, I successfully authored generational conservative advances, including Trump Accounts, a first-of-its-kind tax credit that will provide billions for school choice, No Tax On Tips, language eliminating CAFE standards, support for our Coast Guard, and measures to enhance American 5G leadership. At the end of the year, that bill also included language I pushed to ensure that Texas was reimbursed for what it spent dealing with Biden-era border policies. I also secured several provisions in the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act to strengthen military bases across Texas and improve U.S. national security.

"As the Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, I led efforts to invest in aviation safety, hold Big Tech liberals accountable for colluding with Washington to censor Americans, and promote innovation to keep America competitive. I authored and passed into law significant legislation through the Committee that will help keep Americans safe, including the TAKE IT DOWN Act and the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025.

"As we enter another year of Republican leadership in Congress and the White House, I am confident we will build on these successes."

Legislation Authored and Passed By Sen. Cruz:

• Chairman Cruz authored and passed into law the TAKE IT DOWN Act, which criminalizes the publication of non-consensual intimate imagery, including deepfake revenge pornography, and requires social media and similar websites to implement procedures to remove such content within 48 hours of notice from a victim.

• Sen. Cruz authored and passed into law critical priorities through the Working Families Tax Cut Acts, including Sen. Cruz's language and provisions regarding,

  • The No Tax on Tips Act, which eliminates income taxes on up to $25,000 of tips for tipped workers.

  • The Invest America Act, which establishes a private tax-advantaged account with a $1,000 seed investment from the federal government for every child born in America.

  • The Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act, which delayed the Biden administration's natural gas tax

  • The Student Empowerment Act, which enhances 529 accounts for K-12 education, helping public, private, religious, and homeschool students.

  • The Livestock Indemnity Program Enhancement Act, which helps ensure Texas cattle ranchers affected by natural disasters have access to resources they need to recover.

  • Billions of dollars for school choice by providing dollar-for-dollar tax credits to Scholarship Granting Organizations, originally written as the Universal School Choice Act.

  • Historic funding for the U.S. Coast Guard- the single largest investment in Coast Guard history of over $24 billion to secure our maritime border against deadly drugs and illegal immigration.

  • The auction of 800 MHz of spectrum, which will enable American innovation to beat China in the race to 6G and will result in billions in new investments and the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs.

  • Repealing CAFE standards, which have crippled American innovation and affordability for decades, cutting spending on leftist climate change programs and "green" fuel.

  • Language from the The State Border Security Assistance Act, which Sen. Cruz introduced with Sen. Cornyn, and which reimburses the State of Texas for the more than $11 billion dollars Texas taxpayers spent to protect Texans from the Biden administration's open border policies.

• Sen. Cruz authored and passed into law a measure that overturned a Biden-Harris rule which would have undermined American leadership on cryptocurrency innovation, and which more specifically defined certain developers as "brokers" for reporting and taxation.

• Sen. Cruz authored and passed into law a measure that rescinded a Biden-Harris regulation on natural gas water heaters, which would have increased costs and limited consumer choice for Americans.

• Sen. Cruz authored and passed into law key national security priorities for Texans, including Texas bases and military communities, through the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) including Sen. Cruz's language and provisions regarding -

  • The B-1 Protection Act, which extends the existing prohibition on reductions to the B-1 bomber fleet

  • A Small-UAS Industrial Base Working Group and SkyFoundry Authorization, which will modernize and transform Red River Army Depot (RRAD) into the nation's premier organic industrial base hub for small, unmanned aircraft systems (s-UAS)

  • The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, which authorizes programs and activities to strengthen the Coast Guard's critical mission

  • The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, which ensures that drug traffickers who utilize remote-controlled or autonomous vessels to smuggle illegal narcotics can be prosecuted for drug trafficking

  • The FLRAA Production Authorization Act, which authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accelerate the procurement of the future long-range assault aircraft

  • To remove restrictive language from the FY2005 NDAA that limited the ability of the Texas A&M University System to establish a university on the conveyed property

  • To restrict deactivation of Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigades

  • Military construction authorizations for a Dyess B-21 Low Observable Corrosion Facility & Mission Planning Facility, a Mission Planning Facility, and Dyess Gate Repairs.

• Sen. Cruz authored and passed into law the Monetary Enhancement for Distinguished Active Legends (MEDAL), which increases the monthly pension for living Medal of Honor recipients. President Trump signed into law a House vehicle that increases the pension to $67,500 annually.

• Sens. Cruz and John Cornyn (R-Texas) issued statements after their Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act was signed into law. This legislation codifies President Trump's Executive Order renaming the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge near Houston, Texas, to the Jocelyn Nungaray National Refuge.

• Sen. Cruz authored and passed into law three bills memorializing United States Post Offices in Corpus Christi, Bastrop, and Brownsville, Texas into law.

• Sens. Cruz authored and the Senate unanimously passed a Senate resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party for the abduction of Pastor Ezra Jin and other leaders of the Zion Church and calling for their release.

Sen. Cruz Texas and National Security Initiatives With President Trump

• Sen. Cruz worked with President Trump to ensure that Mexico provides water that it owes to Texas farmers. Sen. Cruz introduced the Ensuring Predictable and Reliable Water Deliveries Act of 2025, strengthens enforcement of the 1944 Water Treaty relating to the utilization of the waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande between the United States and Mexico, and holds the Mexican government accountable for not meeting its water delivery requirements under the treaty. Sen. Cruz imposed pressure on Mexico, alongside the Trump administration, to successfully secure agreements with Mexico on water shipments to Texas farmers and cities.

• Sen. Cruz worked with President Trump to counter the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. Sen. Cruz introduced the Nigeria Religious Freedom Accountability Act of 2025, which protects Christians and other religious minorities being persecuted in Nigeria by holding accountable Nigerian officials who facilitate Islamist jihadist violence and impose blasphemy laws, and led the push to advocate on behalf of President Trump's military response against jihadists in Nigeria.

• Sen. Cruz worked with President Trump to secure terrorist designations of the Muslim Brotherhood. Sen. Cruz introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act, which implements a new modernized strategy for designating Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, and has worked side-by-side with the administration in advocating and advancing the designation of individual branches.