Ted Cruz actually said...

Incentivizing private sector investment in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) is exactly what is needed to initiate and incubate needed comp...

preventing corruption and preventing bribery is an important governmental interest and deserves serious focus.

Citizens United, the Supreme Court upheld a disclosure regime and found it fully consistent with the First Amendment.

And that standard should obviously apply across the board, regardless of the partisan affiliation of the speaker or the person being praised...