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Ted Cruz: “By creating [private rights of action], there'll be a lot…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 16:38

Private right of action means an athlete can file a lawsuit to go enforce the standards in the bill. I would have preferred not creating those private rights of action. By creating [private rights of action], there'll be a lot more litigation. But that was a compromise that I had to give in order to get Democrats on board and for them to believe there'd be real teeth in the provision. (16:38–16:42)

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Asserts that creating private rights of action in the bill will lead to more litigation.

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