Ted Cruz

I have decided to not yield my right to the floor. I was amenable to a colloquy. The majority leader is giving a speech. Given that, as I understand, the majority leader is not going to consent to extend the time, I have 24 minutes, I am…

With the reservation that I do not lose the right to the floor, I am pleased to engage in a colloquy with the majority leader.

So I make that note. If the majority would care to ask a question, I would be amenable to yielding for a question. If the majority leader would not, that is certainly his prerogative, and I am happy to continue talking about the issues…

On the condition that it does not jeopardize in any way my full control of the floor, I am amenable to that request.

I am happy to yield to my friend from Louisiana for a question without yielding the floor.

I am happy to yield to the Senator from Oklahoma for a question but not yield the floor.

I am happy to yield for a question of the Senator from Kentucky without yielding the floor.

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. I can tell him as I said at 2:30 in the afternoon yesterday that I intend to stand against ObamaCare as long as I am able to stand. At this point I feel confident that at 9 a.m., I will still be able to…

I thank the Senator from Kansas for his very fine question, and I will make a couple of general points about the Senator from Kansas first, and then I will answer his important question. I want to say that Senator Roberts is an old lion in…

I thank the Senator from Kansas. And I will tell the Senator, I am doing fabulous. I am inspired and I am motivated by the American people.

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…

I am happy to yield to my friend from Florida for a question without yielding the floor.

Again, I will yield for the purpose of that question to note a purple finch--listen, similar to most husbands, I have a color palate of about six colors. I remember once my wife asked me, with regard to a tile--we were redoing our…

I will yield for that question and note it could possibly be Panama. You might think if you call it a Panama hat it would make sense that it would be Panama. But, no, think again. Ecuador. Ecuador makes Panama hats. I do not know that…

I say to Senator Lee, I do. A lot of people would say it must be black. If we were dealing with ordinary English language, it would be black. But perhaps airplane manufacturers think like Congress because the black box on an airplane is…

Well, I thank my friend from Utah for his remarkable discourse on constitutional law. As for the latest question he asked, one might think the Hundred Years War lasted 100 years, but think again. It was 116 years. Things are not always as…

Thanks to the work of a whole lot of Texas men and women across the State who really worked their hearts out. Yes, we were privileged to win the primary by 14 points and to win the general election by 15 points.

The Senator from Virginia is correct, and I have stated that I will not vote for a continuing resolution that funds ObamaCare. I believe this body should not vote for a continuing resolution that funds ObamaCare. Why? Because the facts…

I thank the Senator for that question. What I was suggesting is we should do tax reform that encourages policies to be personal and affordable. Right now, Federal tax laws, Federal laws heavily favor employer-provided health insurance, and…

Yes, that is correct. I am happy to yield for a second question without yielding the floor.

I am happy to yield to my friend from Utah for a question, and I will return with yet more tweets at a later point.

I am happy to yield for a question. I would note my friend from Alabama seems bound and determined to stop the tweets. God bless him.

I am going to yield to the Senator from Alabama. I am happy to return to the Senator from Illinois if he would like to remain, but I want to be fair because the Senator from Alabama has been waiting for some time. So I am happy to yield…

I thank the Senator from Illinois for that question. I will say, I respect his sincerity and passion in believing that government solutions from Washington can fix this problem. I do not know if the Senator from Illinois shares the views…

I do indeed. I remember in particular at the time the press and all of the graybeards in Washington at the time saying that Hillary Care was unstoppable. It can't stop it. Republicans need to get together. If the Senator from Oklahoma will…