Yesterday, I had a call with the Administrator of the FAA. He told me that our safety data is starting to get worse. We break that down on Verdict: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-the-shutdown-ends-why-the-faa-is-cancelling/id1495601614?i=1000735762847 | Ted Cruz

Yesterday was a momentous day to be discussing Venezuela. Yesterday we witnessed a long-overdue reckoning for the Maduro regime. All of us are concerned and are watching the day-to-day developments. We are glad to see opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez freed from captivity. That is something I have long called for. But at the same time, there remains a threat, escalating by the minute, that Maduro and his thugs will stop at nothing to try to cling to power, and that violent clashes will escalate.

Yesterday, the Lone Star State celebrated San Jacinto Day. This victory secured Texas’s independence from Mexico. For nearly 10 years, Texas was its own independent republic. And in 1845, Texas was admitted to the Union as the 28th state. May God continue to bless Texas! | Senator Ted Cruz