119TH CONGRESS · U.S. SENATE

TAXPAYER RECORD & ACCOUNTABILITY DATA

SENATOR: Ted Cruz
STATE: TX · Republican
1. MEMBER OVERVIEW
Chamber
United States Senate
State
TX
First Senate Service
January 3, 2013
Years in Senate
13
Current Term
January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2031
Party
Republican
Birth Date
December 22, 1970
BioGuide ID
C001098
2. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Chairman
  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
  • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Leadership / Special Roles:
Chairman: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Ex Officio: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Aviation, Space, and Innovation, Ex Officio: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Telecommunications and Media, Ex Officio: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy, Ex Officio: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation — Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries

3. LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Original-sponsored laws enacted
Open Congress.gov record
Sponsored legislation
Congress.gov
Cosponsored legislation
Congress.gov
Amendments / resolutions
Congress.gov

Pen to Power standard: enacted-law count is original sponsor only. Cosponsorship is kept separate.

4. FISCAL VOTING RECORD
Appropriations
See Senate roll calls
Budget resolutions
See Senate roll calls
Debt ceiling / limit
See Senate roll calls
Current roll-call source
Senate.gov

Spending, budget and debt-limit votes remain separate categories; no combined partisan score.

5. COST TO THE TAXPAYER · CUMULATIVE DURING TENURE
Congressional salary received
$2,364,970
Senate office operating funds (SOPOEA)
Official disbursement compilation
Staff payroll
Included within office-account records
State / D.C. office costs
Included within office-account records
Official travel / communications
Included within office-account records
National debt during tenure
+$23.0 trillion

Salary is personal compensation. SOPOEA and other office expenditures are taxpayer-funded operating resources, not personal income. Debt is fiscal context, not blame.

6. CAMPAIGN FINANCE
FEC Candidate ID
S2TX00312
Candidate-controlled receipts
See FEC record
Individual contributions
See FEC record
PAC / party support
See FEC record
Candidate self-funding
See FEC record
Outside spending
Kept separate · see FEC

Outside expenditures are never added to candidate-controlled receipts.

7. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES
Disclosure source
Senate eFD
Assets
Reported ranges
Liabilities
Reported ranges
Transactions / income
Underlying filing
Positions / travel / gifts
Underlying filing

Pen to Power will not convert statutory disclosure ranges into a fabricated exact net-worth figure.

8. ATTENDANCE & VOTING PARTICIPATION
Current Senate roll calls
Senate.gov
Voting-history reference
GovTrack
Not voting / present
Source record
Comparison standard
Chamber record
9. TENURE IMPACT SNAPSHOT
Years in Senate
13
Salary received
$2,364,970
Debt change during tenure
+$23.0 trillion
Current committees
4
Committee leadership roles
9
10. OFFICIAL CONTACT
Office
167 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Phone
202-224-5922
PRIMARY SOURCES: CONGRESS.GOV · SENATE.GOV · FEC.GOV · SENATE eFD · GOVTRACK · BIOGUIDE · LAST BUILD: AUGUST 7, 2026