Ted Cruz

On this vote, the yeas are 57, the nays are 37. The motion is agreed to. ____________________

Under the previous order, the Senate stands in recess until 2:15 p.m. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:45 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mrs. Capito). ____________________

So the only thing that is necessary to pass a clean bill, paying the salaries of every man and women in the Coast Guard, is for the Democratic Senators to withdraw their objection; is that correct?

So if the Democrats had not objected and it had passed and the House had passed it and sent it to the President, could we get the men and women of the Coast Guard paid right now, today, and get that passed into law?

Did the bill that Senator Kennedy brought forward do anything--anything else--beyond simply paying the men and women of the Coast Guard?

That is actively deceptive, and the FTC has a great deal of authority to address deception.

You do have extensive consumer protection authority.

I would very much encourage you to do so.

The Commission received several requests to investigate Google's alleged violations of privacy.

I want to raise a topic that we've discussed at some length in the past, which is big tech.

The message very clear with him as well.

That is Texas. That is who we are. When liberty is threatened, we will rise to defend it. We will rise to defend the Constitution. And we will rise to defend the United States of America.

When the Democrats come saying, you don't need your freedom, you don't need your free speech, you don't need your religious liberty, you don't need your Second Amendment. Who the hell are they to try it take away our freedoms?

Does it concern you that more than twice as many Google employees expressed concern about working with the U.S. military as did concern about being complicit in China censoring its citizens?

Is there a Project Dragonfly and, if there is, what is it?

I can tell you millions of Americans, I can tell you millions of Texans believe that big tech companies are actively censoring the speech of American citizens and are silencing the voices of conservatives.

And it's focused on a search engine in China, is that accurate?

We want as many people in the world as possible to have access to our services, including users in Mainland China. Yet the Chinese Government has been crystal clear throughout our discussions that self-censorship is a non-negotiable legal…

Do Google search results as a systemic matter tend to favor one political party over another?

So you're not answering my question then on Project Dragonfly?

Last month, I introduced legislation and was joined by Senator Markey, Senator Nelson, Senator Thune. The legislation was called the 'Hidden Figures Way Designation Act.'

The D.C. City Council Chairman Mendelson introduced a companion bill last week that was joined by all 12 other council members, so a unanimous companion bill to rename the street in a strong show of support for every woman who has worked…

The objective is not simply to orbit Mars, but it is to land and have an American boot on Mars and plant an American flag on Mars and begin exploring Mars?

Administrator Bridenstine, China has announced their intention to have an operational space station in low earth orbit by 2022. Do you have concerns that if the administration were to de-orbit the ISS in 2024 that China could have the only…

Much of my interest here is to generate a revenue stream that can be dedicated directly to space exploration.