Now, normally it is staff, it is staff of senators who go in and argue on both sides. It is very unusual for a senator to do this. I did this myself. I went in and argued to the parliamentarian and her team directly and we ended up rewriting the provision. We rewrote it three times to get it through. When she objected to something, we rewrote it to address that and we got it in. (22:20–22:28)
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Asserts that Ted Cruz personally argued to the Senate parliamentarian and rewrote the school choice provision.
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