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Ted Cruz: “I handed the president $3 trillion of spending cuts that we…”

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Ted Cruz Discusses Senate Amendments to Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' and Medicaid Concerns

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

But what I'll say secondly is, listen, I agree we need to cut more spending. I went into the Oval Office last week with the President and I handed the president $3 trillion of spending cuts that we could do on top of this bill. And so my hope is, I think the House produced a good bill. I'm glad they started this process. They worked hard to get it to us. (06:28–06:34)

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