Ted grew up in Texas. His father, Rafael, fled Cuba after being tortured and imprisoned and came to Texas with just $100 sewn into his underwear. Rafael got a job washing dishes making 50 cents an hour and learned English. He worked hard and attended the University of Texas at Austin, earning a degree in mathematics. He later started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Rafael is a pastor in Dallas.
Sen. Cruz has long fought to encourage and maintain an all-of-the-above approach that fueled the American energy renaissance we were experiencing before the pandemic, including the thousands of blue collar jobs that depend on a thriving energy industry. He has long fought to protect Texas’ oil and energy sector and will continue to fight back against the Biden administration and Big Businesses out to destroy the American energy industry and the millions of blue-collar jobs across Texas and the nation with it.