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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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Oct 28, 2013

Sadly, we know that some in our political process have a desire to exploit that tragic, violent incident for agendas that have nothing to do with that young man who lost his life.

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Oct 16, 2013

I rise in opposition to the deal that the Senate is getting ready to vote on. This is a terrible deal. This deal embodies everything about the Washington establishment that frustrates the American people. This deal kicks the can down the…

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Oct 15, 2013

Imagine after the House Republicans stood together with the American people, if all 46 Senate Republicans have stood together and said, we are united against the train wreck that is Obamacare.

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Oct 13, 2013

Why is the federal government spending money to erect barricades to keep veterans out of this memorial?

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Oct 10, 2013

I'm going to suggest a model for how we turn this country around in the next couple of years. And it is the model that we have been following together for the last couple of months, to stop that train wreck, that disaster, that nightmare…

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Oct 10, 2013

Government will always continue to grow and freedom in America will always recede.

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Oct 8, 2013

reserving the right to object, I will note with regret that the majority leader objected to engaging in a discussion, to engaging in negotiations here on the Senate floor. I think that is unfortunate. So I will promulgate the questions I…

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Oct 8, 2013

just a clarification: Was there objection to the request that we be able to engage in a colloquy? I was not clear as to what the majority leader was objecting to.

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Oct 8, 2013

I thank my friend from Michigan for that question. Yet again, the answer is yes. I believe we should fully fund the VA. The two questions I would promulgate----

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Oct 8, 2013

was there---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Will the Senator so modify his request?

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Oct 8, 2013

reserving the right to object, I ask unanimous consent that the majority leader and I be able to engage in a colloquy so that we may perhaps be able to, as the majority leader said, surprise the world by finding some avenues of bipartisan…

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Oct 8, 2013

I want to again thank the majority leader for bringing the attention of this body to the tragedy of those servicemen who lost their lives and the fact that, unfortunately, their families had been notified improperly, I believe, that they…

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