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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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Aug 22, 2018

Should questions of policy concerning science be dictated by actual data and evidence rather than political agendas of Members of Congress who want to expand government control over the economy?

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Aug 22, 2018

Do you agree that we should get the maximum usable life out of the Space Station after the taxpayers have invested over a $100 billion in it?

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Aug 22, 2018

We have got to have the continuity of human space flight.

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Aug 22, 2018

Since 2011, Congress has used the appropriation process to prohibit NASA from cooperating with China on space exploration. Do you agree with that prohibition?

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Aug 15, 2018

I want to commend you for having the courage to do that, because there was a lot of political animus, nastiness, and misinformation.

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Aug 15, 2018

I am a big believer in keeping the Internet free and keeping it free from taxation, keeping it free from regulation.

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Aug 15, 2018

I think it's critical for us to modernize our rules to assert U.S. leadership in 5G.

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Aug 15, 2018

Personally, I think that's a terrible idea, and, as you know, I've introduced legislation, bipartisan legislation, with Senator Cortez Masto to make clear that the Federal Government cannot nationalize 5G, absent explicit congressional…

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Aug 15, 2018

I want to thank you for your leadership, in particular, in stepping forward with the Commission and repealing the Obama FCC's net neutrality rules.

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Aug 15, 2018

I believe the decision that the FCC made to end that power grab by Washington was the right decision and was consistent with the law.

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Aug 1, 2018

one of the most significant victories for the American people that was in the tax cut legislation we passed last year was that this body and the Congress came together and repealed the ObamaCare individual mandate. The individual mandate…

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Jul 31, 2018

We got to get them there faster than we get there now, and we got to protect them from being fried in the process by radiation.

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