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
spent terrific
I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
came mainstream washington
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.
citizen legal
As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
congress joining obama signing
Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
ability act defense helps marriage preserve safeguard state states
The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
across best choices drive expand health increase insurance people purchase single state
The single best thing we can do is expand competition. Let people purchase health insurance across state lines. If you want to expand access, what you want to do is increase choices and drive down cost.
classic grew
I grew up listening to classic rock - the Kinks, Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd.
cuban food grew time
I grew up eating Cuban food all the time.
My focus has been and will continue to be on doing my job.
change issue obama openly
On issue after issue, the Obama Administration has openly ignored, defied, and unilaterally tried to change the law.
came cuba dad generation grew immigrants second speaking teenager
My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves.
cares washington
Nobody cares what any politician in Washington says.
bill concerned decades domestic foreign hillary record
I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.
amused entitled save trying writes york
I'm always amused when the 'New York Times' writes editorials trying to be helpful to Republicans and say, 'This is the way Republicans can save themselves.' Look, the 'New York Times' disagrees with us. They're entitled to disagree with us, but it's not like we should take their advice.