Greetings,
We’ve had yet another eventful week on the ground in Washington, D.C. as the Senate convened to tackle the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which will authorize funding for our nation’s military in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. I’m proud to have introduced several critical bipartisan amendments to the NDAA, including a big Texas win prohibiting further reductions in B-1 bombers, which are made in Abilene, Texas. I also secured an amendment to prohibit the sale of oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
China has been amassing the largest stockpile of crude oil in the world. At the same time, our own reserves have fallen to only 347 million barrels, the lowest level since 1983. Last year, the United States sold off part of our reserves to China. You would think existing law would prevent this, but that’s not the case. That’s what I’m trying to fix in this NDAA, and I’m pleased that my amendment got overwhelming bipartisan support this week.
However, not everyone in Washington was interested in bipartisanship this week. On Wednesday, I spoke out against Senate Democrats’ attempt to dictate to the Supreme Court how it should conduct itself. What the Democrats are trying to do is violate the Constitution’s separation of powers and weaponize the Court. As the ranking member of the Subcommittee on The Constitution, I will continue to defend the separation of powers and the structure of our Constitution so we prevent the unification of power in one branch of government.
This week, I joined Al Punto to discuss the Lone Star State’s economy. My priority is continuing to protect an environment where a small business can start, grow, and prosper. That means low and reasonable taxes, and predictable and reasonable regulations—not job-killing regulations. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is wrong on both of those fronts, and so I’m fighting to make sure we can keep the Texas economy thriving.
I also joined Jesse Waters on Fox News to discuss the damning IRS whistleblowers’ testimonies before Congress.
“Two different career IRS employees who go forward and they testified before the House, at great risk to themselves, that Attorney General Merrick Garland has committed multiple felonies. In particular, number one that he lied under oath to Congress actually in response to questioning from me before the Senate Judiciary Committee.”
Ted Cruz
