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
isis iraq airports
The front line with ISIS isn't just in Iraq and Syria, it's in Kennedy Airport and the Rio Grande. Border security is national security.
war army air
Using overwhelming air power to utterly and completely destroy ISIS. To put things in perspective, in the first Persian Gulf War, we launched roughly 1,100 air attacks a day. We carpet bombed them for 36 days, saturation bombing, after which our troops went in and in a day and a half mopped up what was left of the Iraqi army.
fighting air isis
We need to use overwhelming air power. We need to be arming the Kurds. We need to be fighting and killing ISIS where they are.
air isis cities
You would carpet bomb where ISIS is, not a city, but the location of the troops. You use air power directed - and you have embedded special forces to direction the air power. But the object isn't to level a city. The object is to kill the ISIS terrorists.
isis air firsts
We need to do whatever is necessary to utterly defeat ISIS....We're not using our overwhelming air power. We're not arming the Kurds. Those need to be the first steps. And then we need to put whatever ground power is needed to carry it out.
against elect people ran
When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'
spent terrific
I've spent the past month in Washington, D.C., and it is terrific to be back in America.
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.
congress joining obama signing
Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
accounts expand health people save savings
We should expand health savings accounts so people can save in a tax-advantaged way for more routine healthcare needs.
gained hopelessly partisan reputation washington
Washington has, with some justification, gained a reputation for being hopelessly mired in partisan gridlock.
I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington.
good mitt romney
I think Mitt Romney is a good man.