What race? You don’t even have the ability to race because you’re sabotaging yourself at every opportunity like you’re Dick Dastardly in Wacky Races. 
The hearing before the committee chaired by Cruz, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, included the usual mishmash of parochial politics, lobbying for traditional space, back slapping, and fawning—at one point, Gold, a Star Trek fan, went so far as to assert that Cruz is the “Captain Kirk” of the US Senate.
Cruz is a Pakled at best. And likely more of a Cousin Gaila.
At least Gaila was successful enough buy his own moon, whereas Cruz will be remembered for liking Twitter incest porn on 9/11.