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Ted Cruz: “Given the political violence we see, I think that's very…”

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

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And then the legislature bill, which, among other things, we increase the funding for security for members of Congress. Given the political violence we see, I think that's very important to have more funds to increase security on both sides of the aisle. So that package, those are three appropriation bills that were bipartisan the Democrats had a part in, that were passed along with the CR2 January 30th round. January 30th, yeah, yeah. (07:05–07:13)

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