Ted Cruz actually said...

"Thank you for your service to our Nation particularly at this time of great challenges abroad and rising perils."

"Continued modernization efforts in our C-130H fleet must be prioritized as a relatively inexpensive means of maintaining critical capacity."

"Last week, Admiral Harry Harris addressed the resources requirements to conduct military operations in the Asian-Pacific in the event of hostilities."

"the ability to launch and intercept an orbiting satellite--they demonstrated it for the world to see and put a lot of debris into space as a result."