Ted Cruz: “The examples you gave about the potential for partisan retribution are particularly chilling.”

I was proud to join this legislation and, as Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, advance it through committee and support its passage by the Senate.

“And to those listening – these accounts have been created for you, but please take the time to claim your child’s account so that their investments can start today.

“And my hope is that, decades from now, we look back at Trump Accounts as the beginning of an entire generation of Americans who became investors and owners from childhood.

“Mr. President, you understood the potential of this idea from the beginning, and your leadership was critical to getting it across the finish line.