--- type: Person title: "Ted Cruz" description: "U.S. Senate - TX — State of Texas" role: "U.S. Senate - TX" party: "R" level: "federal" branch: "legislative" state: "TX" committees: - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation" role: "chair" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Aviation, Space, and Innovation" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/aviation-space-and-innovation" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/coast-guard-maritime-and-fisheries" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/science-manufacturing-and-competitiveness" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety" - name: "Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media" role: "ex-officio" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Africa and Global Health Policy" role: "chair" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/africa-and-global-health-policy" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/near-east-south-asia-central-asia-and-counterterrorism" - name: "Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/western-hemisphere-transnational-crime-civilian-security-democracy-human-rights-and-global-women-s-issues" - name: "Senate Committee on Rules and Administration" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Border Security and Immigration" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/border-security-and-immigration" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights" role: "chair" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/federal-courts-oversight-agency-action-and-federal-rights" - name: "Senate Committee on the Judiciary - the Constitution" role: "member" body: "us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution" tenure: start: "2025-01-03" current: true election: next: 2030 term_length: 6 term_limit: "none" ids: person: "fe7a2ff1-76df-452a-a82d-6220e8759817" office: "90fd805a-8038-4b49-9008-4987d05b4418" tenure: "6099b897-0780-4d78-9cdd-64a660b843ee" jurisdiction: "9ecc3a5e-fd1e-4ebb-a7f7-e66d9124cbc0" bioguide: "C001098" sources: - field: tenure source: "Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20" - field: jurisdiction source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction" - field: roles source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)" confidence: official tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, tx] timestamp: "2026-07-04" --- # Ted Cruz Current U.S. Senate - TX (State of Texas). ## Committees - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation.md) — **chair** - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Aviation, Space, and Innovation](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/aviation-space-and-innovation.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/coast-guard-maritime-and-fisheries.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/consumer-protection-technology-and-data-privacy.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/science-manufacturing-and-competitiveness.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/surface-transportation-freight-pipelines-and-safety.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Telecommunications and Media](/us/bodies/senate/committees/commerce-science-and-transportation/subcommittees/telecommunications-and-media.md) — **ex-officio** - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations.md) - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Africa and Global Health Policy](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/africa-and-global-health-policy.md) — **chair** - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/near-east-south-asia-central-asia-and-counterterrorism.md) - [Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues](/us/bodies/senate/committees/foreign-relations/subcommittees/western-hemisphere-transnational-crime-civilian-security-democracy-human-rights-and-global-women-s-issues.md) - [Senate Committee on Rules and Administration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/rules-and-administration.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Border Security and Immigration](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/border-security-and-immigration.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Crime and Counterterrorism](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/crime-and-counterterrorism.md) - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/federal-courts-oversight-agency-action-and-federal-rights.md) — **chair** - [Senate Committee on the Judiciary - the Constitution](/us/bodies/senate/committees/the-judiciary/subcommittees/the-constitution.md) ## Sources - tenure: Senate.gov XML 2026-06-20 - jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction - roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project) Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).