Ted Cruz: “If you look at Rhode Island, at Oklahoma for example…”

“It is there for you. The reason Auto enroll matters so much. If you look at, there have been states that have done similar things to what this program is. If you look at Rhode Island, at Oklahoma for example, they've done similar things. Yeah. In one of them they had opt in. In another they had auto enroll. The one that had opt in, only 50% of the kids participated.” (20:48–20:52)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.