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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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Feb 15, 2023

The single best thing that happened to Mexican drug cartels in history was Joe Biden becoming President, opening the border, and making tens of billions of dollars for these vicious criminals.

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Feb 15, 2023

Those are talking points. Would cutting the number of CBP agents in half hurt our ability to stop drugs, yes or no?

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Feb 15, 2023

Now, Democrat members of Congress have the remarkable claim that the open borders under Joe Biden has no impact on the record fentanyl and drugs that are flooding across our borders.

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Feb 15, 2023

I would encourage everyone to read the letter that Chessy Prout has filed.

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Feb 15, 2023

If you are sitting in that Southwest flight, you knew how close you came to having a plane land on top of you, killing every person on that plane, you would understandably be horrified.

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Feb 15, 2023

I think you are going to see, as you have seen, bipartisan interest in assisting the FAA in ensuring redundancy so that we don't see air traffic grounded again.

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Feb 15, 2023

Why has it taken 10 years, and why isn't it done yet?

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Feb 15, 2023

What is to prevent another ground stop in the 2 to 3 years between now and then?

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Feb 15, 2023

I have to say I am disappointed by the absence of a Senate confirmed witness like Secretary Buttigieg.

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Feb 15, 2023

The ground stop was because America was under attack. But this time, this ground stop was the result of the Federal agency's inability to modernize.

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Feb 15, 2023

Secretary Buttigieg, in my view, instead of engaging in politics, should be focused on the job he has now.

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Feb 15, 2023

This Administration made a conscious political decision to open the borders and one of the results is they have turned Mexican drug cartels into multi-billionaires.

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Feb 15, 2023

The single best thing that happened to Mexican drug cartels in history was Joe Biden becoming President, opening the border, and making tens of billions of dollars for these vicious criminals.

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Feb 15, 2023

Those are talking points. Would cutting the number of CBP agents in half hurt our ability to stop drugs, yes or no?

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Feb 15, 2023

Now, Democrat members of Congress have the remarkable claim that the open borders under Joe Biden has no impact on the record fentanyl and drugs that are flooding across our borders.

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Feb 15, 2023

What message does that tell every other victim of sexual assault--child victim of sexual assault, if seeking to out them publicly gets rewarded with the judicial nomination?

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Feb 15, 2023

I would encourage everyone to read the letter that Chessy Prout has filed.

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Feb 15, 2023

If you are sitting in that Southwest flight, you knew how close you came to having a plane land on top of you, killing every person on that plane, you would understandably be horrified.

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Feb 15, 2023

I think you are going to see, as you have seen, bipartisan interest in assisting the FAA in ensuring redundancy so that we don't see air traffic grounded again.

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Feb 15, 2023

How can this happen? How did air traffic control direct one plane onto the runway to take off and another plane to land, and have them both within 100 feet of each other?

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Feb 15, 2023

What is to prevent another ground stop in the 2 to 3 years between now and then?

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Feb 15, 2023

Why has it taken 10 years, and why isn't it done yet?

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Feb 15, 2023

Do the fixes that you proposed remove the risk of a similar single point of failure?

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Feb 15, 2023

The 80 percent didn't help. It is not like it was only a 20 percent ground stop.

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Feb 15, 2023

The ground stop was because America was under attack. But this time, this ground stop was the result of the Federal agency's inability to modernize.

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