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
commitment winning house
As conservatives, as Republicans, we keep winning elections. We got a Republican House, we've got a Republican Senate, and we don't have leaders who honor their commitments. I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
commitment texas government
It is true that I voted against the National Defense Authorization Act, because when I campaigned in Texas I told voters in Texas that I would oppose the federal government having the authority to detain U.S. citizens permanently with no due process. I have repeatedly supported an effort to take that out of that bill, and I honored that campaign commitment.
commitment diversity who-we-are
But we don't have a right to force anyone to abandon their faith. It is one of the foundational commitments of who we are as Americans to respect diversity.
dog father commitment
I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father. That was not a blanket commitment that if you go and slander and attack Heidi that I`m going to nonetheless come like a servile puppy dog and say thank you very much for maligning my wife and maligning my father.
arm came god liberal thank
When my father came over here penniless with $100 sewn into his underwear, thank God some well-meaning liberal didn't come put his arm around him and say, 'Let me take care of you.'
anyone attacking computer dares loves models people radical
The radical Left loves attacking people as anti-science when anyone dares question their computer models on global warming.
obscure pursuit trivial twenty
Twenty years from now if there is some obscure Trivial Pursuit question, I am confident I will be the answer.
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.'
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.
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.