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
issues decision speak
I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.
america people decision
The proper way to make policy decisions under our Constitution in America is for the people to do so through the democratic process.
running decision vision
The judgment that every voter is making of every one of us [running for presidency] who has the experience, who has the vision, who has the judgment to be commander in chief. That is the most important decision for the voters to make. That's a standard I'm held to. And it's a standard everyone else is held to.
decision listening great-men
I am where a great many voters are, which is that I am listening and watching and coming to a decision.
thinking race decision
President Obama, when he was elected, he could have been a unifying figure. He could have chosen to be a leader on race relations and bring us together. And he hasn't done that, he's made decisions that I think have inflamed racial tensions that have divided us rather than bringing us together.
senior good-friend decision
A very good friend of mine spent a fair amount of time doing postmortems and met with a number of the senior folks on the Romney campaign and they spent, what was it, $140, $160 million on data. And this friend of mine, who is a very sharp thinker, asked a series of questions, but the most important one he asked, he said, "What decisions did you make differently because of the data?" And he's coming from the private equity world where he wants to know, OK, and the answer from virtually every single senior Romney person was "nothing."
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.