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Ted Cruz: “I gave the President a total of $3 trillion of spending cuts…”

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Senator Ted Cruz Discusses Democratic Party's Decline, Federal Reserve Policy, and Gambling Tax Reform

Published July 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 13:37

So this is an idea that I went to the White House, went to the Oval Office, and I pitched to President Trump in the middle of the one big, beautiful bill. And in terms of spending cuts, I gave the President a total of $3 trillion of spending cuts that we could have included in the bill. and that I think we should have included in the bill. Ultimately, my views did not prevail, and we didn't do it on this first reconciliation bill. (13:37–13:42)

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“63% of voters hold an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, the highest share in Journal polls dating to 1990.”
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“There's actually no requirement at all [for banks to keep reserves with the Fed].”
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“For both 2023 and 2024, the Fed paid over $100 billion in interest on reserves.”
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“In 2024, last year, the last year, the Biden administration, The Fed paid $168 billion in interest on reserves.”
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“Roughly half of that, nearly 50% went to foreign banks.”
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“The Wall Street Journal just did a poll and found that the Democrats approval rating has plummeted. It is at the lowest level in 35 years.”
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“This is a proposal that could save over a trillion dollar dollars over 10 years.”
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“You literally have a communist who is the Democrat Party nominee to be mayor of New York.”
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“The Democrat Party's image has eroded to its lowest point in more than three decades, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll.”
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“The Democrats polling is 33% favorable, 63% unfavorable.”
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“President Trump is plus 7 and the Republican Party is plus 11.”
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“The Democrat Party as a whole has said, let's look at all those issues. Let's take the wrong side of 80, 20 or even 90, 10 issues, and let's…”
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“Right now the Democrats are outraising Republicans because their side is really energized.”
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“There is one camp within the Trump administration that wants to use tariffs as leverage to lower the tariffs of our trading partners.”
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“If we have really high tariffs that the US has put in place and if our trading partners have really high tariffs, retaliatory tariffs, that…”
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“If we do what I'm suggesting, we could save over $1 trillion over the next 10 years.”
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“Since 2008, they've been paying interest on reserves going forward.”
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“The Fed is transferring your tax dollars to the biggest banks in the world.”
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“The Fed is paying 4.4% to the banks to just park their capital with the Fed.”
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“Banks would be forced to buy Treasuries instead of just parking their money at the Fed.”
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“This change would create a market dynamic that would lower interest rates.”
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“Excess reserves are not being loaned to small businesses.”
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“The change [in gambling tax law] means anyone gambling can only deduct 90% of their losses.”
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“Under the new law, you lose 100 grand that year, you make 130, you could only deduct 90% of the hundred grand you lost.”
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“Under this law, you'd have to pay taxes on 10 grand because you could only deduct 90% of your losses.”
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“I don't know of a senator who knew this was in [the law].”
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“I've joined with the two Nevada senators, with Catherine Cortez Masto and Jackie Rosen. They're both Democrats, and also Bill Haggerty…”
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“If we don't change this, the effect will be to drive those poker pros out of the US.”
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