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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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Dec 3, 2015

reserving the right to object, I have not placed a hold on this nomination, because my hold has been limited to political nominees, not to career foreign service officers serving as ambassadors. That being said, Mr. Grassley, the senior…

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Dec 3, 2015

reserving the right to object. When Secretary Kerry chose to ignore my request that the State Department not submit this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal to the United Nations, Secretary Kerry did so with open eyes. He did so knowing the…

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Dec 3, 2015

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Maryland. Unanimous Consent Request--Executive Calendar No. 127

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Nov 29, 2015

These Planned Parenthood videos are horrifying. I would encourage every American to watch these videos, see senior Planned Parenthood officials callously, heartlessly bartering and selling the body parts of human beings. And then ask…

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Nov 19, 2015

the Senator from Vermont spoke against overheated rhetoric and in the very next breath accused me of being anti-American, echoing the attack President Obama gave standing on the soil of Turkey. Let me say that speaking the truth is not…

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Nov 19, 2015

moments ago I asked this body to take up and pass two commonsense pieces of legislation in response to the terrorist attack in Paris. The first, the Expatriate Terrorist Act, is legislation I introduced over a year ago--attempted to pass…

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Nov 19, 2015

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 247 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; I further ask that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion…

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Nov 19, 2015

I ask unanimous consent that after I promulgate two unanimous consent requests, the remaining time between now and 11 a.m. be equally divided between myself and the assistant Democratic leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

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Nov 19, 2015

I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2302 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; I further ask that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion…

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Nov 11, 2015

Go soft on these issues he said or conservatives will stay home on election day. Republicans will lose.

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Nov 10, 2015

If you look at foreign policy, every region on the world has gotten worse. Under her leadership, we abandoned the nation of Israel. Under her leadership, radical Islamic terrorism has been on the rise.

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