Summary: This Cruz newsletter addresses Chinese aggression – including both their spy balloon and the unjust detention of Texan Mark Swidan, a Houston, Texas resident who has been unjustly detained by China since 2012; a letter to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute about the reported harassment of a pro-life Catholic school group at the National Air and Space Museum; his first Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology hearing as the new Republican ranking member. Ted Cruz is one of two senators who represent the state of Texas in the US Senate.
Latest Update: Friday, 10 February, 2023
US Senator Ted Cruz Newsletter, 10 February 2023
For the videos and links mention in this newsletter , see the links in the email newsletter in pdf.
I began this week by sitting down with CBS’s Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation, where I “faced the nation” to talk about Chinese aggression – including both their spy balloon and the unjust detention of Texan Mark Swidan.
On Monday, I sat down with Matthew Seedorff from Fox 26 Houston to discuss my efforts to secure Mark Swidan’s release as he appeals a death penalty sentence in China.
Tuesday morning, I introduced a bill with Sen. Cornyn to expand court accessibility in West Texas by adding Alpine, Texas to the list of locations where federal court proceedings may take place in the Western District of Texas. Read that release
Monday evening, I spoke again about the Chinese spy balloon catastrophe. For a week, our president demonstrated weakness as he let this balloon hover over sensitive military facilities, presumably taking photographs, no doubt trying to intercept communications, and likely sending all of that data up to satellites and back to Beijing. It should have been taken down the moment it entered U.S. airspace, but the Biden administration waited an entire week.
Tuesday, I sent a letter to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute about the reported harassment of a pro-life Catholic school group at the National Air and Space Museum
Later Tuesday evening, I welcomed Lt. Levi Beaird as my guest to the State of the Union along with my friend Rep. Chip Roy and his guest. Lt. Beaird is a Navy Officer who has been unjustly discriminated against in the Navy because of the Biden administration’s COVID vaccine mandate.
That same evening, I joined my friend Sean Hannity to speak to him about Biden’s lack of recognition for the failures of his administration at the State of the Union.
Thursday, I participated in my first Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Technology hearing as the new Republican ranking member.
I am now back in Texas preparing for the next week of session in the 118th Congress.
Rest assured, I will always fight for the best interests of Texas and our great nation, and I am proud to have fought for Texans – particularly LT. Beaird and his counterparts – this week.
In fact, this week I supported Gov. Abbott's efforts and joined my Senate counterpart John Cornyn to request a federal emergency disaster declaration for Southeast Texas. Read the release here.
Keep Texas Strong,
Ted Cruz
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