{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/blogs/e-newsletter-week-of-september-30th", "e-Newsletter: Week of September 30th", "2023-09-30", "2023", "2023-09", "Republican", "Senate", "TX", "Ted Cruz", "C001098", "www.cruz.senate.gov", "cruz", "https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "Under Joe Biden\u2019s watch, we have experienced the highest rate of illegal immigration ever recorded in our nation\u2019s history, and Texas is paying the highest price. The broken border policies of the Biden administration are utterly indefensible. In Texas, we are at the front line as our communities continue to suffer from the rampant influx of drugs and illegal immigration that has overrun our state. Last weekend, I was interviewed by Patrick Svitek in Austin, Texas at The Texas Tribune Festival, where I addressed the chaos occurring at our southern border.\n\n\u201cOne of the talking points that you see from the White House is, \u2018well, the border is just not solvable.\u2019 The problem with that is that is objectively false. When Joe Biden came into office he inherited the lowest rate of illegal immigration in forty-five years and this crisis was cause by three specific decisions. Number one, \u2026 Biden immediately halted construction of the border wall. Number two, he reinstated the failed policy of catch and release. \u2026 Number three, he pulled out of the incredibly successful \u2018Remain in Mexico\u2019 agreement.\u201d\n\nOn Monday, I joined Sean Hannity on Fox News to discuss how the Biden administration\u2019s failed economic policies are putting an unbearable weight on the backs of American families as inflation continues to soar.\n\n\u201cBidenomics has made life harder for working men and women. \u2026 The cost of everything has gone up. It\u2019s harder and harder to make ends meet. Young people coming out of school are discovering they can\u2019t pay their rent, they can\u2019t pay their car payment, and God forbid you try to buy a house.\u201d\n\nOn Wednesday, I joined Harris Faulkner of the Faulkner Focus on Fox News to address the fact that now more than 7.6 million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border since Joe Biden took office.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s the worst illegal immigration in our nation\u2019s history and it is reaching crisis proportions everywhere, but especially in Texas. Texas is bearing the brunt. And it\u2019s striking, we are now seeing Democrat mayors and Democrat governors all over the country declaring emergencies. \u2026 If 110,000 is destroying New York City and is a crisis, what the heck does he think 7.6 million is doing to Texas and the other southern border states.\u201d\n\nOn Wednesday afternoon, I addressed the Senate floor in support of the Pay Our Military Act. Senate Democrats are refusing to fund our military as the government barrels towards a shutdown, while they continue to put politics over our nation\u2019s security.\n\n\u201cLet\u2019s not hurt brave men and women who are protecting this country. \u2026 When your paycheck goes away next week, understand [our servicemen and women] would have been paid except for the fact that Democrat leadership decided it's in their political interest.\u201d\n\nOn Wednesday, I also joined some of my Republican colleagues in the Senate at a press conference where we addressed the Biden border crisis.\n\n\u201cYou cannot see what is happening [at our southern border] and defend it.\u201d\n\nRest assured, I will not stop fighting to fix our broken immigration system, to secure our border, and to protect our communities. God Bless!\n\nKeep Texas Strong,\n\nMORE FROM SEN. CRUZ:\n\nREAD: Cruz: Bank Admitted to Pressuring Software Company to Stop Processing Payroll for Gun Sellers\n\nICYMI: Cruz introduces bill to cut federal funding to schools used to house illegal immigrants\n\nREAD: Sen. Cruz, Chairman Comer Demand Answers From Law Firm Regarding Acting NHTSA Administrator\u2019s Role In Frivolous Lawsuits Aimed at Bankrupting Oil Companies\n\nICYMI: Ted Cruz urges passage of a school choice measure in Texas\n\nState Spotlight\n\nTexas Cryptocurrency Groups\n\nTexas Women\u2019s University Chancellor Carine Feyten\n\nTexas Farm Bureau Leadership\n\nCommerce Corner\n\nCorpus Christi Chamber of Commerce", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:37:48Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/blogs/e-newsletter-week-of-september-30th"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7244311273097992, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}