Senator Jessica de la Cruz

@RISenateGOP Leader and State Senator representing RI's 23rd District - North Smithfield, Burrillville, and Glocester. Proud daughter of immigrants. 🇺🇸🇵🇹

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

If we haven't met yet, I'm your state senator representing Burrillville, Glocester, and North Smithfield.

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Honored to stand with veterans in Burrillville and Glocester this morning. Scripture tells us to give "respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed." Today and every day, that's our veterans.

Thank you to all who served. 🇺🇸

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

When government has more than it expected and taxpayers have less than they need, something is wrong.

[Ted Nesi @TedNesi]

NEW: RI's incoming Gov + lawmakers will have more money to spend when they write their first budget together in 2027

Today's 2x-a-year revenue forecast added $109 million for this year, plus 3% growth next year

McKee sees "good results" - others cautious https://t.co/cabeljFuh2

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Disappointed? Frustrated? Good. Use it as fuel!

If you’ve ever thought about running for office, or just feel like you need to do something, now is the time.

👉 Let’s connect: https://t.co/FCGoth0G1R

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

@BluntFactory No. The most unknown.

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Thank you to everyone who came out today to vote! And thank you to all the supporters who hosted a sign, helped with my lit drops, and even held a sign at a polling location. I’m grateful for the confidence and trust that the people have continued to place in me.

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

On Tuesday, vote for balance.

34 out of 38 seats. A supermajority. That's not balance.

A voter who disagreed with me still voted for me, because he believed no one should hold all the power.

State Senate Republicans fought to lower electric bills, rein in health insurance costs and fix our schools. And we'll keep fighting. Every seat we add means your concerns get harder to ignore at the State House.

See you at the polls Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Goodnight, Rhode Island. 🌙

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

We are just days away from Election Day. I voted yesterday and encourage you to not sit this one out.

1️⃣ Cast your ballot. Your vote absolutely matters.
2️⃣ Find 2–3 people who share your values and have them join you in casting their ballots.

🗳️ Election Day: Nov. 3

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Happy Columbus Day! 🇺🇸 🇮🇹

A few years ago, while in Seville Spain, I visited its historic cathedral. There, I was fortunate enough to see the tomb of Christopher Columbus - an experience that reminded me of the remarkable journeys that shaped our world.

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

Happy National Rhode Island Day!
Raise a glass of coffee milk, enjoy some stuffies, clam cakes, and hot wieners, and celebrate all that is unique to our beautiful Ocean State!
@JessicaforRI

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Same story, different day: RI taxpayers are paying too much and getting too little.

A new RIPEC report finds that “a concentrated focus on bridge construction has led to nation-leading debt burdens, underfunded routine maintenance, and non-interstate secondary roads that rank worst in the country”.

Decades of one party rule means Rhode Islanders are getting bottom tier roads for top tier pricing.

[WPRI 12 @wpri12]

The study follows a Target 12 investigation earlier this year that found Rhode Island has had the roughest state roads in the country for at least a decade, even as RIDOT's budget doubled to over $1 billion.

@TedNesi has the story: https://t.co/2dYu01YM6I

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

RI is 1 of only 12 states with an estate tax - taking up to 16% of a legacy you already paid taxes on.

RI Senate Republicans are fighting to reduce this unfair double-taxation. Your life's work belongs to your family, not the government.

@JessicaforRI

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Providence is a capital city - not a socialist experiment.

Ideology has a price tag.

[Tim White @TimWhiteRI]

JUST IN: In a blow to the hospitality industry in RI, the US Conference of Mayors has decided not to host its annual meeting in Providence.

The event was to be hosted at the RI Convention Center and was expected to draw hundreds to the region in June.

https://t.co/Ul7wvxOTQ6

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

Senator Rogers:
“Let’s set goals we can meet, keep pace with our neighboring states & be honest with people about the costs-ECRI & I disagree about how to get there-not about whether clean air & clean water matter. Affordability & reliability come first”
https://t.co/L0r1oCbdkG

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

The big sign was put back out by the homeowner. ❤️ They had saved it from the last election and brought it back out this year. I happened to see it when dropping off signs in the area.

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

Perfect weather for canvassing and delivering signs! As always, I loved the conversations along the way and am incredibly grateful for all the support.

[Sue Cienki @rigopncw]

@esanzi In RI the state has been controlled by democrats for close to 90 years, people complain about taxes, energy , housing , healthcare and yet vote for the same party that got us into this mess and now are going for the socialist wing further left
Voting against their interest

[Senator Jessica de la Cruz @JessicaforRI]

A lot of people talk about socialism’s ideals, but skip where it actually comes from.

Marx wrote about a society changing in two steps: a “transition” step, then a “final” step. He mostly just called both of them “communism.” Lenin gave the two steps clearer names. “Socialism” for the transition, “communism” for the final stage.

“Socialism,” as Lenin defined it, was never meant to be the end point. It was the transition. The goal was always full state or collective control: no private property, no free market.

History shows, time and time again, what that transition actually looks like. Centralized economic planning, suppressed dissent, economic collapse, and authoritarian control.

So when someone says “socialism hasn’t been tried properly,” look at the countries that tried it. The Soviet Union, Mao’s China, and others. None of them reached some peaceful “final stage.” They got stuck in the transition, indefinitely, with all the state control and none of the prosperity or freedom that was promised.

That’s not what our founding fathers envisioned. Our system was built on private property and individual liberty, on purpose, because it’s what allowed the most people to actually prosper.

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

25 years after 9/11, our memory of the lives lost remains sharp and our gratitude for heroic first responders never fades. We stand with the families still carrying this weight and the service members fighting terror worldwide. We will never forget. 🇺🇸 @JessicaforRI

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

Senator Gordon Rogers pushes back on unfunded state mandates: Year after year, the state government passes laws requiring local communities or schools to do something but provides zero funding to pay for it. They get the credit, you get the bill.
@JessicaforRI

[RI Senate Republicans @RISenateGOP]

Senator Gordon Rogers knows our kids' safety shouldn't be impeded by state bureaucracy.
Watch the full clip to see how we can make this school year successful and safe.
@JessicaforRI