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Ted Cruz

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Ted Cruz is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz gained national prominence during his 2016 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He is known for his conservative positions on issues such as healthcare, immigration, and tax reform. Cruz has been a vocal advocate for limited government and has often positioned himself as a defender of constitutional rights.

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Mar 23, 2021

in a moment, I am going to propound a unanimous consent request. But before I do so, I want to make some brief observations. Earlier this month, Democrats passed their extreme partisan reconciliation bill--a bill that President Biden…

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Mar 23, 2021

the Senator from Oregon, I guess, demonstrates the principle that hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue, because the Senator from Oregon suggests that somehow payments to people who are not criminals will be delayed if we don't…

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Mar 23, 2021

I am going to suggest an even narrower situation. Perhaps we can't agree on victims of crime. How about murderers? We just had a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on gun violence. We saw a horrific mass murder in Colorado. Can't we…

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Mar 23, 2021

There are steps we can take to stop these crimes. And you know what the steps aren`t? The steps aren`t disarming law-abiding citizens.

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Mar 23, 2021

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.

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Mar 22, 2021

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…

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Mar 22, 2021

It`s a crisis that`s unfolding. It`s getting worse and worse every day.

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Mar 22, 2021

What I care about is, stop making the problem worse, stop releasing people are COVID-positive, stop putting kids in harm`s way, and stop releasing criminals that prey on the community.

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Mar 22, 2021

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…

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Mar 18, 2021

it is clear and indisputable that a significant number of illegal immigrants will receive checks and are receiving checks right now. All 100 Members of this body were misinformed by the Democratic Senator that no illegal aliens would…

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Mar 18, 2021

in a moment, I am going to propound a unanimous consent request, but before I do so, I want to make some brief remarks. As my colleagues know and as several fact checkers have confirmed over the past week, the Democrats' partisan…

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Mar 18, 2021

I would note several things. No. 1, the Senator from Illinois said he didn't know if the number of illegal immigrants getting checks from the Democrats' stimulus bill was in the tens or the hundreds or the thousands. With all due respect…

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