October 31, 2014 Greetings, This week we witnessed a tremendous victory for religious liberty. Last month, the City of Houston issued a subpoena demanding that five pastors hand over their sermons and correspondence. Together, thousands rose up and told the City to withdraw that subpoena. Americans defended our right to worship freely without fear of government intimidation, sending a message that was so loud and strong the City of Houston could not ignore it. And the City of Houston complied, withdrawing the subpoenas altogether. May these recent events strengthen our resolve to defend liberty and always uphold our God-given rights. All the best, TC Sig Ted Cruz Sen. Cruz Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Reagan’s ‘Time for Choosing’ Address On Monday, Sen. Cruz penned an op-ed commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing” speech. Many concerns that faced Americans then are similar to the ones before us today. See highlights below. Read the full op-ed here. A New Time for Choosing There’s still great hope for America, but as Reagan knew, the people have to choose. Fifty years ago today America faced a choice very much similar to the choice we face today. On October 27, 1964, a clarion call was heard across the nation. America faced a choice, a speaker told us: We could either “abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves,” or we could reaffirm our belief “in our capacity for self-government.” That man was Ronald Reagan and then, as now, it was a time to choose. Today, the threats are every bit as dire. Over the past six years, individual rights have been attacked from all corners. In my home state of Texas, the City of Houston recently subpoenaed pastors, ordering them to surrender their sermons to City Hall. Powerful leaders from the White House on down have sought to take away Second Amendment rights from citizens all across America. Senate Democrats are supporting a constitutional amendment to repeal the individual right to free speech enshrined in the First Amendment. The IRS has illegally targeted Americans for their political beliefs. The list goes on, but one thing is clear: The Obama administration, and the Democratic party as a whole, has shown an unprecedented disregard for our most fundamental freedoms…. Today, America has the lowest labor-force participation rate we’ve had since 1978. A record 92 million Americans over the age 16 are neither working nor looking for work. And Obamacare only makes it more and more difficult to make ends meet as employers have been forced to cut hours, jobs, or wages. Moreover, the average family is paying $3,000 more for their health insurance than they did before Obamacare was passed. We are suffering the consequences of the misguided Obama–Clinton global strategy too. The notion of “leading from behind” has allowed tyrants and terrorists to pursue ambitious plans unthinkable six years ago….
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