(AGENPARL) – lun 05 giugno 2023 UNITED STATES SENATE
Sen. Ted Cruz Press Office
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cruz Press Office:
June 5, 2023
FACT SHEET: Sen. Cruz Advocates for Innovation and Healthcare Freedom
TYLER, Texas – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today toured the University of Texas Tyler Health Science Center in Tyler, Texas. Sen. Cruz toured the Public Health Lab of East Texas and participated in a roundtable with UT Tyler leadership.
Sen. Cruz has led the fight for Texas innovation and healthcare freedom:
* For his efforts to support Texas innovators large and small, Sen. Cruz received the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's prestigious "Spirit of Enterprise" award.
* Sen. Cruz has successfully advocated for Texas innovators and their work to be included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act and the biannual Coast Guard Authorization Act.
* Sen. Cruz authored the Cost Recovery and Expensing Acceleration to Transform the Economy and Jumpstart Opportunities for Businesses and Startups (CREATE JOBS) Act, which would vitally reform business expensing in the tax code and help businesses and innovators thrive.
* Sen. Cruz championed the Facilitating American-Built Semiconductors (FABS) Act to incentivize manufacturing in the U.S. through tax credits. That legislation became law last year.
* Sen. Cruz introduced legislation to prohibit denying an individual from donating or receiving an organ because of their Covid-19 vaccination status, and from the number of Covid-19 cases in a region being used as a factor in determining eligibility to donate or receive an organ transplant. The GIVE LIFE Act would also prevent Medicare and Medicaid providers from denying services to individuals based on their Covid-19 vaccination status.
* Sen. Cruz led the fight to address long wait times for veterans, successfully passing an amendment requiring the VA Secretary to provide Congress with a plan to address the long wait times for veterans seeking health care at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System.
* Sen. Cruz authored the RESULT Act, which would increase access for all Americans to life-saving drugs, devices, and other medical therapies already approved in other trusted countries.