The senator from Connecticut just said, it`s time for us to do something. I agree. It is time for us to do something. And every time there`s a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater, where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders.
Ted Cruz: “The senator from Connecticut just said, it`s time for us to do something. I agree. It is time for us to do something.…”
On the recordMarch 22, 2021
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Senator Cruz criticizes the political response to mass shootings and suggests that proposed laws are ineffective.
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