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Ted Cruz: “I wrote the legislation that directs the federal government…”

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

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Ted Cruz Discusses Trump's Second Term Achievements and Legislative Victories

Published | Video Starts at 35:25

They ended auction authority. It was grotesquely irresponsible. It did massive damage to America. It destroyed jobs in America and it let China get ahead of America in this bill. I wrote the legislation that directs the federal government to auction to the private sector 800 MHz of spectrum. for private sector investment. What does that mean? Number one, that will generate in excess of $100 billion of revenue to the federal government. Wow. Real money. (35:25–35:35)

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