Ted Cruz:  This would be a massive victory for America
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[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '3.679', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1.120', 'end': '6.319', 'text': 'Joining me now, the great Texas Senator,'}, {'start': '3.679', 'end': '7.839', 'text': 'Mr. Ted Cruz. Always a pleasure, Senator'}, {'start': '6.319', 'end': '10.160', 'text': "Ted Cruz. You know, I wasn't going to"}, {'start': '7.839', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'talk about all this stuff until the'}, {'start': '10.160', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'truth social post on Iran. I want to get'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '16.400', 'text': 'your thoughts on that. You heard my'}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '18.800', 'text': 'riff, sir. You know, feel free to'}, {'start': '16.400', 'end': '20.960', 'text': "disagree, but I'm kind of happy he's"}, {'start': '18.800', 'end': '23.199', 'text': 'kind of going after Iran and China with'}, {'start': '20.960', 'end': '26.480', 'text': 'one fell swoop. But how does Senator'}, {'start': '23.199', 'end': '28.240', 'text': 'Cruz see it? Uh, as usual, Larry, I'}, {'start': '26.480', 'end': '31.199', 'text': 'agree with every syllable of every word'}, {'start': '28.240', 'end': '33.600', 'text': 'you said in your opening riff. And and'}, {'start': '31.199', 'end': '35.520', 'text': 'and and let me let me follow up and'}, {'start': '33.600', 'end': '37.840', 'text': 'expand a little bit on on what you said.'}, {'start': '35.520', 'end': '40.320', 'text': 'As as you remember, well, in the first'}, {'start': '37.840', 'end': '42.960', 'text': 'Trump term, I was deeply involved in the'}, {'start': '40.320', 'end': '45.200', 'text': 'fight to impose maximum pressure on'}, {'start': '42.960', 'end': '47.600', 'text': 'Iran. And and President Trump, the most'}, {'start': '45.200', 'end': '49.520', 'text': 'important national security decision he'}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '52.640', 'text': 'made, his first term was pulling out of'}, {'start': '49.520', 'end': '54.800', 'text': 'the disastrous Iran nuclear deal. I'}, {'start': '52.640', 'end': '56.960', 'text': 'probably spent two dozen meetings with'}, {'start': '54.800', 'end': '59.440', 'text': 'him in the Oval Office making the case'}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '61.840', 'text': 'for that. He agreed with me he did that.'}, {'start': '59.440', 'end': '64.479', 'text': 'But the followup to that after we pulled'}, {'start': '61.840', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'out of the disastrous Obama Iran nuclear'}, {'start': '64.479', 'end': '69.200', 'text': 'deal, there remained in place an oil'}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '71.280', 'text': 'waiver where Iran was allowed to sell'}, {'start': '69.200', 'end': '73.920', 'text': 'oil and they were selling roughly a'}, {'start': '71.280', 'end': '75.680', 'text': 'million barrels a day of oil. At that'}, {'start': '73.920', 'end': '77.840', 'text': "point, you'll remember there was a fight"}, {'start': '75.680', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'within the Trump administration between'}, {'start': '77.840', 'end': '81.840', 'text': 'the State Department and the Energy'}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '83.759', 'text': 'Department. M the state department said'}, {'start': '81.840', 'end': '85.600', 'text': 'that if we ended the oil waiver, it'}, {'start': '83.759', 'end': '87.360', 'text': 'would cause the global price of oil to'}, {'start': '85.600', 'end': '90.080', 'text': 'skyrocket and the price of gasoline here'}, {'start': '87.360', 'end': '92.000', 'text': 'at home to skyrocket. The Department of'}, {'start': '90.080', 'end': '94.159', 'text': 'Energy, which you might think would know'}, {'start': '92.000', 'end': '95.759', 'text': "something about energy, said that's"}, {'start': '94.159', 'end': '97.920', 'text': "nonsense. There's plenty of global"}, {'start': '95.759', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'supply of oil. We can end the waiver'}, {'start': '97.920', 'end': '103.360', 'text': 'without materially impacting the price'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '105.520', 'text': 'of oil. I weighed in again aggressively'}, {'start': '103.360', 'end': '108.479', 'text': 'and said, "End the oil waiver." The'}, {'start': '105.520', 'end': '110.520', 'text': 'president agreed with me and we now know'}, {'start': '108.479', 'end': '113.600', 'text': 'that energy was right and state was'}, {'start': '110.520', 'end': '116.240', 'text': "wrong. Iran's oil sales fell from a"}, {'start': '113.600', 'end': '118.960', 'text': 'million barrels a day down to 300,000'}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '120.799', 'text': 'barrels a day and the price of oil'}, {'start': '118.960', 'end': '123.200', 'text': "didn't move at all. It had essentially"}, {'start': '120.799', 'end': '125.600', 'text': 'no impact on the global price of oil.'}, {'start': '123.200', 'end': '128.800', 'text': 'When Joe Biden came into office, he'}, {'start': '125.600', 'end': '131.440', 'text': 'inherited an Iranian regime. The economy'}, {'start': '128.800', 'end': '134.879', 'text': 'was in freefall. The the the regime was'}, {'start': '131.440', 'end': '137.280', 'text': 'was was teetering. and he when he came'}, {'start': '134.879', 'end': '140.239', 'text': 'into office they were selling 300,000'}, {'start': '137.280', 'end': '142.959', 'text': 'barrels of oil a day. Biden immediately'}, {'start': '140.239', 'end': '145.840', 'text': 'stopped enforcing the oil sanctions and'}, {'start': '142.959', 'end': '150.239', 'text': 'the Iranian oil sales skyrocketed from'}, {'start': '145.840', 'end': '152.560', 'text': '300,000 barrels a day to about 2 million'}, {'start': '150.239', 'end': '155.360', 'text': 'barrels a day. And as you rightly noted,'}, {'start': '152.560', 'end': '157.720', 'text': 'in a very real sense, the Biden'}, {'start': '155.360', 'end': '160.879', 'text': 'administration by refusing to enforce'}, {'start': '157.720', 'end': '163.120', 'text': 'sanctions flowed a hundred billion'}, {'start': '160.879', 'end': '166.720', 'text': 'dollars to the Ayatollah and in a very'}, {'start': '163.120', 'end': '169.200', 'text': 'direct way funded October 7th and Hamas'}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '171.120', 'text': 'and Hezbollah by providing the principal'}, {'start': '169.200', 'end': '173.840', 'text': 'source of revenue to the regime. So,'}, {'start': '171.120', 'end': '175.920', 'text': 'President Trump is exactly right, going'}, {'start': '173.840', 'end': '177.920', 'text': 'back and saying, "We\'re going back to'}, {'start': '175.920', 'end': '179.680', 'text': "maximum pressure. We're gonna cut off"}, {'start': '177.920', 'end': '181.200', 'text': "the money and we're gonna cut off the"}, {'start': '179.680', 'end': '182.480', 'text': 'funds that are funding the terrorists.'}, {'start': '181.200', 'end': '185.200', 'text': 'You know, I should have put that in the'}, {'start': '182.480', 'end': '187.920', 'text': 'riff that precisely what you said. Biden'}, {'start': '185.200', 'end': '190.080', 'text': 'actually lifted the sanctions on Iranian'}, {'start': '187.920', 'end': '192.720', 'text': 'oil sales. He actually lifted them uh'}, {'start': '190.080', 'end': '194.800', 'text': 'which of course lifted the maximum uh'}, {'start': '192.720', 'end': '197.040', 'text': 'pressure that Mr. Trump had on this.'}, {'start': '194.800', 'end': '199.680', 'text': 'Now, the second part of this is of'}, {'start': '197.040', 'end': '201.440', 'text': 'course the China card and I know you'}, {'start': '199.680', 'end': '203.040', 'text': "know Mr. Trump is saying he'd like to do"}, {'start': '201.440', 'end': '205.920', 'text': 'some business with China regarding the'}, {'start': '203.040', 'end': '209.760', 'text': 'tariffs uh which are whatever they are'}, {'start': '205.920', 'end': '213.200', 'text': '145% uh on Chinese um anything we import'}, {'start': '209.760', 'end': '214.959', 'text': "from China. Um okay, we'd all like to"}, {'start': '213.200', 'end': '217.440', 'text': 'get these tariffs down. The goal here is'}, {'start': '214.959', 'end': '219.360', 'text': "to free our trade and I think that's Mr."}, {'start': '217.440', 'end': '221.560', 'text': "Trump's goal and unfair trading"}, {'start': '219.360', 'end': '224.560', 'text': 'practices. But in this particular'}, {'start': '221.560', 'end': '227.280', 'text': "situation, I don't know. I mean to me"}, {'start': '224.560', 'end': '229.120', 'text': 'going after Iran and telling China, you'}, {'start': '227.280', 'end': '231.280', 'text': "know, you're basically you're basically"}, {'start': '229.120', 'end': '234.239', 'text': 'putting the wood to China on this. Yeah.'}, {'start': '231.280', 'end': '237.040', 'text': 'And I think that has to supersede trade'}, {'start': '234.239', 'end': '238.560', 'text': 'deals and contacts. And anyway, China'}, {'start': '237.040', 'end': '240.480', 'text': 'breaks trade deal that I helped'}, {'start': '238.560', 'end': '243.120', 'text': 'negotiate. Blood, sweat, and tears. Bob'}, {'start': '240.480', 'end': '244.799', 'text': 'Lighheiser, Steve Minutian, we did that'}, {'start': '243.120', 'end': '247.280', 'text': 'phase one thing back, signed it in'}, {'start': '244.799', 'end': '248.799', 'text': 'January 2020. They broke that, too. So'}, {'start': '247.280', 'end': '251.360', 'text': "I'm not going to shed any tears for"}, {'start': '248.799', 'end': '255.439', 'text': 'China on any count, Senator. On any'}, {'start': '251.360', 'end': '258.560', 'text': "count. oil, Iran, trade deals. They're"}, {'start': '255.439', 'end': '261.040', 'text': 'helping to finance the worst elements of'}, {'start': '258.560', 'end': '262.639', 'text': "society around the world. That's what"}, {'start': '261.040', 'end': '265.759', 'text': "they're doing. And so, they've got to be"}, {'start': '262.639', 'end': '267.600', 'text': 'taken to the woodshed. Look, I I I have'}, {'start': '265.759', 'end': '269.520', 'text': 'been urging President Trump on trade,'}, {'start': '267.600', 'end': '272.320', 'text': 'focus on China. And I think every step'}, {'start': '269.520', 'end': '274.639', 'text': 'we can take to dellink our economy from'}, {'start': '272.320', 'end': '277.120', 'text': 'China is good for American national'}, {'start': '274.639', 'end': '279.680', 'text': 'security and good for American economic'}, {'start': '277.120', 'end': '282.240', 'text': "security. and and and so I'm very glad"}, {'start': '279.680', 'end': '283.919', 'text': 'the president laid out the pause where'}, {'start': '282.240', 'end': '286.240', 'text': 'he halted the tariffs on the other'}, {'start': '283.919', 'end': '288.800', 'text': 'countries and focused on China. I think'}, {'start': '286.240', 'end': '291.120', 'text': 'that was the right decision to do. I'}, {'start': '288.800', 'end': '292.720', 'text': "don't think the Iranian oil is is going"}, {'start': '291.120', 'end': '294.880', 'text': 'to be an issue. Whatever happens with'}, {'start': '292.720', 'end': '297.600', 'text': 'China and President Trump, look, when we'}, {'start': '294.880', 'end': '299.840', 'text': 'had maximum pressure before the Iranian'}, {'start': '297.600', 'end': '301.840', 'text': 'oil, we saw their sales plummet and it'}, {'start': '299.840', 'end': '304.160', 'text': 'was not a big problem for China. China'}, {'start': '301.840', 'end': '306.320', 'text': 'can stop buying this oil and and'}, {'start': '304.160', 'end': '307.840', 'text': 'critically with the rest of the tariffs.'}, {'start': '306.320', 'end': '309.440', 'text': 'Listen, I think that the Trump'}, {'start': '307.840', 'end': '311.600', 'text': 'administration has a real fork in the'}, {'start': '309.440', 'end': '314.240', 'text': 'road. They can either go down the road'}, {'start': '311.600', 'end': '317.440', 'text': 'of using the incredible le leverage that'}, {'start': '314.240', 'end': '319.840', 'text': 'President Trump has to negotiate much'}, {'start': '317.440', 'end': '321.840', 'text': 'lower tariffs from our trading partners.'}, {'start': '319.840', 'end': '324.560', 'text': "That's the right path. As you said, that"}, {'start': '321.840', 'end': '326.800', 'text': 'would be a massive economic victory for'}, {'start': '324.560', 'end': '329.199', 'text': 'America, historic victory for President'}, {'start': '326.800', 'end': '330.479', 'text': 'Trump. The other path they could go down'}, {'start': '329.199', 'end': '332.080', 'text': 'and there are some voices in the'}, {'start': '330.479', 'end': '335.240', 'text': 'administration that want this second'}, {'start': '332.080', 'end': '337.360', 'text': 'path is to have high tariffs forever in'}, {'start': '335.240', 'end': '339.840', 'text': 'perpetuity. I think that would be a re'}, {'start': '337.360', 'end': '343.440', 'text': 'real mistake and do real damage. So from'}, {'start': '339.840', 'end': '346.400', 'text': 'my end, I I am urging President Trump go'}, {'start': '343.440', 'end': '348.639', 'text': 'down path number one and it will be'}, {'start': '346.400', 'end': '350.479', 'text': 'truly an historic victory for American'}, {'start': '348.639', 'end': '352.160', 'text': "workers and American jobs. Well, I'm"}, {'start': '350.479', 'end': '355.199', 'text': 'back on the same page with you on that'}, {'start': '352.160', 'end': '357.440', 'text': 'one too, Senator. 100%. No, no, I agree.'}, {'start': '355.199', 'end': '359.199', 'text': 'I know who those I know who the negative'}, {'start': '357.440', 'end': '361.280', 'text': "voices are, but I I think they're"}, {'start': '359.199', 'end': '363.680', 'text': 'already losing. And I think the'}, {'start': '361.280', 'end': '366.560', 'text': 'president himself is using his good'}, {'start': '363.680', 'end': '368.639', 'text': 'common sense as a dealmaker and as a'}, {'start': '366.560', 'end': '371.039', 'text': 'great president. Uh you know, he sees'}, {'start': '368.639', 'end': '372.639', 'text': 'what to do. Um I could talk to you all'}, {'start': '371.039', 'end': '374.080', 'text': "day, but I can't. But I want couple"}, {'start': '372.639', 'end': '375.759', 'text': 'other quick things I want to talk to you'}, {'start': '374.080', 'end': '378.639', 'text': 'about. Sure. I want to go back to the'}, {'start': '375.759', 'end': '380.400', 'text': 'reconciliation bill, sir. Um before I'}, {'start': '378.639', 'end': '382.400', 'text': "get to the tax cuts, and I know you've"}, {'start': '380.400', 'end': '384.720', 'text': 'got an IRA proposal you want to talk'}, {'start': '382.400', 'end': '387.120', 'text': 'about. Um, we need to cut spending,'}, {'start': '384.720', 'end': '388.720', 'text': 'right? We know that. And you know, N.'}, {'start': '387.120', 'end': '390.800', 'text': 'Gingrierts has been on the show. Last'}, {'start': '388.720', 'end': '393.360', 'text': 'night, in fact, N was on the show, and N'}, {'start': '390.800', 'end': '396.080', 'text': 'talked a lot about this. Some'}, {'start': '393.360', 'end': '397.600', 'text': 'Republicans are squeamish about slowing'}, {'start': '396.080', 'end': '399.919', 'text': 'the growth of Medicaid, but they'}, {'start': '397.600', 'end': '403.759', 'text': "shouldn't be. I mean, Medicaid spending"}, {'start': '399.919', 'end': '406.000', 'text': 'has gone up 51% since 2019. Kim'}, {'start': '403.759', 'end': '407.759', 'text': "Straussel's got that in her column today"}, {'start': '406.000', 'end': '412.479', 'text': 'again, as if we needed to be reminded'}, {'start': '407.759', 'end': '414.639', 'text': 'of. And even even uh even with uh waste,'}, {'start': '412.479', 'end': '417.360', 'text': 'fraud, and abuse, and some tightening up'}, {'start': '414.639', 'end': '418.960', 'text': 'of eligibility, uh for example,'}, {'start': '417.360', 'end': '422.360', 'text': 'able-bodied people should not get'}, {'start': '418.960', 'end': '425.120', 'text': "Medicaid, you'd still be increasing uh"}, {'start': '422.360', 'end': '428.400', 'text': 'Medicaid uh by an enormous amount of'}, {'start': '425.120', 'end': '430.800', 'text': 'money by about $235 billion in this'}, {'start': '428.400', 'end': '432.639', 'text': 'budget window instead of increasing it'}, {'start': '430.800', 'end': '434.240', 'text': 'by another five or 6 hundred billion.'}, {'start': '432.639', 'end': '436.880', 'text': "But we'd still be increasing it by a"}, {'start': '434.240', 'end': '438.960', 'text': 'couple of hundred billion. Uh that'}, {'start': '436.880', 'end': '441.759', 'text': "should be enough. It's still growing,"}, {'start': '438.960', 'end': '445.120', 'text': "but it's just not growing as toppsy as"}, {'start': '441.759', 'end': '447.440', 'text': 'before. Can Medicaid, you know, relief'}, {'start': '445.120', 'end': '450.400', 'text': 'get in the reconciliation bill, Senator'}, {'start': '447.440', 'end': '453.039', 'text': 'Cruz? I I I believe it can. I believe it'}, {'start': '450.400', 'end': '454.720', 'text': "will. We've got to rein in spending,"}, {'start': '453.039', 'end': '457.199', 'text': 'particularly coming out of COVID. Joe'}, {'start': '454.720', 'end': '459.199', 'text': 'Biden, the Democrats spent like drunken'}, {'start': '457.199', 'end': '461.520', 'text': 'sailors. We saw the federal budget, the'}, {'start': '459.199', 'end': '463.360', 'text': 'deficit and debt skyrocket. We got to'}, {'start': '461.520', 'end': '465.440', 'text': "rein it in because we're bankrupting our"}, {'start': '463.360', 'end': '467.919', 'text': 'kids and grandkids. And if you look at'}, {'start': '465.440', 'end': '469.360', 'text': 'Medicaid, there is massive waste, fraud,'}, {'start': '467.919', 'end': '472.880', 'text': 'and abuse. You look at the current'}, {'start': '469.360', 'end': '475.199', 'text': 'system right now, Obamacare incentivized'}, {'start': '472.880', 'end': '477.919', 'text': 'states to spend a lot more money on'}, {'start': '475.199', 'end': '479.520', 'text': 'young, healthy adults than they spend on'}, {'start': '477.919', 'end': '481.520', 'text': 'children and then they spend on really'}, {'start': '479.520', 'end': '483.520', 'text': 'vulnerable seniors. Medicaid was'}, {'start': '481.520', 'end': '486.160', 'text': 'designed to help the most vulnerable.'}, {'start': '483.520', 'end': '488.479', 'text': "Not a 25year-old guy with no kids, who's"}, {'start': '486.160', 'end': '490.400', 'text': "perfectly healthy, who's who who is not"}, {'start': '488.479', 'end': '492.000', 'text': 'right now working. I think one of the'}, {'start': '490.400', 'end': '494.560', 'text': 'most important things we need to do is'}, {'start': '492.000', 'end': '497.199', 'text': 'for young healthy adults put in a work'}, {'start': '494.560', 'end': '499.440', 'text': 'requirement to Medicaid. You look at the'}, {'start': '497.199', 'end': '502.319', 'text': 'effect of that that is incredibly'}, {'start': '499.440', 'end': '504.560', 'text': 'beneficial getting people back to work'}, {'start': '502.319', 'end': '507.280', 'text': "and and and that changes people's entire"}, {'start': '504.560', 'end': '509.440', 'text': 'trajectories, entire lives. We I I think'}, {'start': '507.280', 'end': '510.960', 'text': "we've got an enormous opportunity to do"}, {'start': '509.440', 'end': '513.479', 'text': 'that right now in reconciliation. the'}, {'start': '510.960', 'end': '516.519', 'text': 'original mandate center, lowincome'}, {'start': '513.479', 'end': '518.719', 'text': 'families, children, people with'}, {'start': '516.519', 'end': '520.719', 'text': 'disabilities, not able-bodied, but'}, {'start': '518.719', 'end': '523.399', 'text': 'people with disabilities and pregnant'}, {'start': '520.719', 'end': '525.839', 'text': 'women. So, if we return to the'}, {'start': '523.399', 'end': '528.000', 'text': 'eligibility mandates that were first put'}, {'start': '525.839', 'end': '530.320', 'text': 'in, we save a couple hundred billion'}, {'start': '528.000', 'end': '533.760', 'text': "dollars minimum. Uh, so you're right,"}, {'start': '530.320', 'end': '535.839', 'text': 'spot on that. Um, tell me about your IRA'}, {'start': '533.760', 'end': '538.080', 'text': 'proposal, sir. And and tell me that'}, {'start': '535.839', 'end': '540.240', 'text': "we're going to get all the Trump tax"}, {'start': '538.080', 'end': '542.600', 'text': "cuts extended and we're going to get"}, {'start': '540.240', 'end': '546.760', 'text': "2.0. We're going to get the"}, {'start': '542.600', 'end': '549.680', 'text': 'uh tax-free tips for service workers and'}, {'start': '546.760', 'end': '551.680', 'text': 'overtime and uh senior uh social'}, {'start': '549.680', 'end': '554.480', 'text': "security benefits. Tell me it's all"}, {'start': '551.680', 'end': '556.560', 'text': "going to come true. So, look, we're"}, {'start': '554.480', 'end': '560.000', 'text': 'going to get it done. You remember well'}, {'start': '556.560', 'end': '561.760', 'text': 'in 2017 tax reform is messy. There are a'}, {'start': '560.000', 'end': '563.279', 'text': 'million tradeoffs. There are trade-offs'}, {'start': '561.760', 'end': '564.959', 'text': 'between big companies and little'}, {'start': '563.279', 'end': '566.560', 'text': 'companies and CC corps and S corps and'}, {'start': '564.959', 'end': '567.760', 'text': 'partnerships and families and'}, {'start': '566.560', 'end': '569.839', 'text': 'individuals. There are trade-offs'}, {'start': '567.760', 'end': '571.839', 'text': 'between red states and blue states and'}, {'start': '569.839', 'end': '573.519', 'text': 'and rural and urban and suburban. And'}, {'start': '571.839', 'end': '576.640', 'text': "that just takes time and and so there's"}, {'start': '573.519', 'end': '579.440', 'text': 'going to be a in 2017. I spent hundreds'}, {'start': '576.640', 'end': '580.959', 'text': 'of hours negotiating the first Trump tax'}, {'start': '579.440', 'end': '583.440', 'text': "cuts. We're going to have to go through"}, {'start': '580.959', 'end': '585.600', 'text': 'that here as well. But we will get it'}, {'start': '583.440', 'end': '588.160', 'text': "done because if we don't act, there's an"}, {'start': '585.600', 'end': '589.839', 'text': 'automatic $4 trillion tax increase. That'}, {'start': '588.160', 'end': '591.600', 'text': "is unacceptable. So, we're going to"}, {'start': '589.839', 'end': '594.240', 'text': "extend the Trump tax cuts. We're going"}, {'start': '591.600', 'end': '596.560', 'text': "to pass no taxes on tips. It's my"}, {'start': '594.240', 'end': '598.320', 'text': 'legislation in the Senate. No taxes on'}, {'start': '596.560', 'end': '600.480', 'text': "tips. We're going to get that done. And"}, {'start': '598.320', 'end': '602.560', 'text': 'and I think there are also enormous'}, {'start': '600.480', 'end': '605.760', 'text': 'opportunities. So, two of the things I'}, {'start': '602.560', 'end': '608.480', 'text': 'am pressing to to do are are on school'}, {'start': '605.760', 'end': '610.959', 'text': 'choice. I have legislation that creates'}, {'start': '608.480', 'end': '613.040', 'text': 'a federal tax credit for contributions'}, {'start': '610.959', 'end': '615.200', 'text': 'to scholarship granting organizations in'}, {'start': '613.040', 'end': '617.200', 'text': 'the states. We have an opportunity to do'}, {'start': '615.200', 'end': '620.240', 'text': 'the most significant school choice bill'}, {'start': '617.200', 'end': '622.079', 'text': 'in history and also to help people save'}, {'start': '620.240', 'end': '624.640', 'text': 'tax-free with a universal savings'}, {'start': '622.079', 'end': '626.399', 'text': 'account. I I hope we do that as well. I'}, {'start': '624.640', 'end': '628.480', 'text': 'love the universal savings account. Let'}, {'start': '626.399', 'end': '630.079', 'text': 'm make the things simplified for'}, {'start': '628.480', 'end': '632.560', 'text': "heaven's sakes. There's so many of these"}, {'start': '630.079', 'end': '634.720', 'text': "things. I love that. Uh you're on a"}, {'start': '632.560', 'end': '636.800', 'text': "roll, Senator Cruz. Honestly, you're on"}, {'start': '634.720', 'end': '640.399', 'text': 'a complete tear. Thank you very much for'}, {'start': '636.800', 'end': '640.399', 'text': 'all your wisdom. appreciate.'}]