Step 1 : Introduction to the question "which former u.s. presidential candidate is the chair of the senate commerce subcommittee on space, science and competitiveness?"
Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas, from 2003 to 2008, appointed by Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott. He was the first Hispanic, and the longest-serving, Solicitor General in Texas history. From 2004 to 2009, Cruz was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas,