What are the most vital steps necessary to protect our assets in space, to prevent the space architecture from being taken down?
Ted Cruz
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Ted Cruz is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz gained national prominence during his 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He is known for his conservative positions on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and tax reform. Cruz has been a vocal advocate for limited government and has often positioned himself as a defender of constitutional rights.
What vulnerability would we have to a nuclear device in a satellite? What could be the potential harms to the Homeland if a nuclear device were detonated in orbit?
But we do have--it is correct that North Korea has satellites orbiting right now?
In my view, that decision was lawless, it was a power-grab from the FCC, and it was profoundly dangerous for a Federal regulatory agency to assert the authority to regulate pricing in terms of service on the Internet.
We need to ensure that our space policy is driven by innovation and competition.
America must expand commerce and, ultimately, settlement into space, and we must do it first.
It's important that Congress evaluate how that Treaty, enacted 50 years ago, will impact new and innovative activity within space.
This subcommittee has been remarkable, under a Democratic Senate and Republican Senate, for being able to produce bipartisan legislation.
Congress needs to continue to work to ensure that investment and innovation within the commercial space sector isn't chilled by obsolete regulations.
I look forward to continuing to work in the same strong bipartisan manner that this subcommittee has always worked.
I think the importance of the Asia-Pacific region has been well-highlighted by this testimony and also by the well-justified public focus on the threat of North Korea.





