Ted Cruz: “Congress had expressly prohibited the government from…”

“Sucanon said in an order explaining the decision. This court cannot stand idly by while that happens. She says Congress had expressly prohibited the government from centralizing Americans personal identifying information. And the federal agencies that created the SAVE program, quote, knew that the database violates these statutory protections. Now, this is a liberal activist decision.” (32:02–32:08)

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