Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruzis an American attorney and politician; he was elected in 2012 as the junior United States Senator from Texas...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 December 1970
CityCalgary, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
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I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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We should expand health savings accounts so people can save in a tax-advantaged way for more routine healthcare needs.
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Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
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After 2012, all of the Washington political consultants and all the mainstream media came to Republicans and said, 'You've got to do better with Hispanics, and the way to do better with Hispanics is to embrace amnesty.' And, look, a lot of Republicans in Washington were scared.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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There is a problem in Washington, and the problem is bigger than a continuing resolution. It is bigger than Obamacare. It is even bigger than the budget. The most fundamental problem and the frustration is that the men and women in Washington aren't listening.
If you will not stand with Israel and the Jews, then I will not stand with you.
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The single biggest surprise about arriving to the Senate is the defeatist attitude here.
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
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In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative.
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I don't think the federal government has any business keeping a list of law-abiding Americans who exercise their constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
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The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.
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We need a president who is willing to uphold the law.