Go Ted!!!
Cruz secures bipartisan win as push to cut red tape for border bridges signed into law: 'Enormous victory'Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Thursday hailed a bipartisan victory after an effort to cut red tape to speed up the approval process for international bridge projects was signed into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Cruz touted it as a win for not only for Texas but the country.
"It is an enormous victory for South Texas and for all of Texas and for the country," Cruz told Fox News Digital after a press conference in Laredo, Texas. "It is a victory for Texas farmers and ranchers. It is a victory for small businesses and manufacturers. It is a victory for consumers who will have cheaper prices at the grocery store and the department store. It is a victory for national security."
Cruz spearheaded the push to streamline the presidential permitting process for building international bridges at the southern border with Mexico.
The bill gives the State Department a 60-day window to make a recommendation to the president whether to grant a bridge permit. That gives the president another 60 days to approve or deny it. A presidential permit is now permitted before an environmental assessment, rather than only after it is completed, which has been the practice under the Biden administration. Business leaders said this led to years-long delays.
Cruz was joined in the effort by Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas; Rep. Monia De La Cruz, R-Texas; Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas; and Rep. Vicente Gonzales, D-Texas. The legislation also has the support of a number of business groups, representatives of which appeared at a press conference in Laredo to emphasize the importance of the project. .............
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-hails-bipartisan-win-as-push-to-cut-red-tape-for-border-bridges-signed-into-law-enormous-victory
