Ted Cruz Keeps Lying About His Senate Record
As he is running for re-election in a race that many polls are predicting could come down to the single digits, Ted Cruz keeps trying to tout bipartisan credentials. He specifically has repeated a claim that the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 is the one hundredth piece of legislation he has authored and become a law. Except that isn’t true, no matter how many times Cruz says it.
In May, Cruz spoke to CBS 11 in Dallas about how he has authored and passed 100 bills. “I’ve authored and passed into law 100 different pieces of legislation,” he told reporter Jack Fink. Cruz said the same thing on the radio program The Walton and Johnson Show. “In my time in the Senate, I’ve passed 100 bills,” he said. “But like, when you go there and work and you actually have something you’re fighting for, you get a lot accomplished.”
And in another interview with KXAN in Austin Cruz was once again referring to the 100 bills he has authored and passed in the Senate. “My principle focus when it comes to drafting and passing legislation is jobs jobs jobs because that’s my number one priority in the Senate and that’s the number one priority for Texans,” he said in the interview over the summer.
Since he was sworn in as a Senator in 2013, Cruz has only sponsored four bills that became law. And he co-sponsored 57 bills that became law. The Congressional Research Service shows the actual tally of the bills he has sponsored and cosponsored. Out of the 61 bills sponsored and co-sponsored by Cruz, 12 were related to building name designations or congressional medal awards.
In his Senate career, only nine amendments sponsored by Cruz have become law. One of those came when he sponsored an amendment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as H.R. 3684). Though he sponsored an amendment, Cruz ultimately voted against the final legislation.
On the two-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law being signed, Allred released a statement highlighting his support for the legislation and chastising Cruz for voting against it. “By voting against this bill and its tens of billions of dollars in investments for Texas infrastructure, Ted Cruz put cynical partisan politics over doing what’s best for our state,” said Allred.
