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Ted Cruz: I thank my friend from Florida for that question. I had a delightful night. I had a chance to read Bastiat, Rand, and…

On the recordSeptember 24, 2013
I thank my friend from Florida for that question. I had a delightful night. I had a chance to read Bastiat, Rand, and read some tweets. There are few things more enjoyable than reading tweets. And I hope that the Senator and I and Senator Lee and many other Senators who participated in this--I hope we have had some positive impact on moving this debate forward and making clear to the American people both the train wreck, the nightmare that is ObamaCare, in the words of James Hoffa, the president of the Teamsters, but also that right now too many members of this body are not listening to the American people, and the only remedy for that is this week the American people demanding that we make DC listen.
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Ted Cruz
Republican · Texas
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Sep 24, 2013

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