Discover video-sourced quotes by politicians

Ted Cruz: “In 2024, $126.8 million was stolen from EBT cards in Texas.”

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

Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How.

Published November 10, 2025 | Video Starts at 33:06

That is roughly $312 million in taxpayer funds. And in 2022 it was 1.5 million recipients. That cost 222 million. Fraud is rampant. For example, In 2024, $126.8 million was stolen from EBT cards in Texas. 3.7 million people, about 11% of the state relies on SNAP. Every stolen or unlawfully claimed dollar robs a citizen family in genuine need. (33:06–33:15)

CLAIM

Asserts that $126.8 million was stolen from EBT cards in Texas in 2024.

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.

Discover more from

Ted Cruz

“In New York City on Halloween Day, roughly 80% of the controllers called in sick and didn't show up to work.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 17:30-17:37
“During COVID when the Democrats had control of the House and the Senate and the White House, they passed massive subsidies that went…”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 20:20-20:38
“Molina stock has increased 859% since Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 27:14-27:19
“Today, November 2025, it is $327.74. That is a 1,177% increase. That's what Obamacare did.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 28:08-28:21
“48% of households headed by illegal immigrants received food related welfare benefits.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 32:03-32:11
“The U.S. department of Agriculture reports 1.76 million non citizens on SNAP in 2023.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 32:41-32:52
“The government is in the process of reopening.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 00:40-00:43
“I'm introducing legislation [the deporting fraudsters bill] to change [the statutory grounds for deportation].”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 01:22-01:24
“We finally have a deal and we got the votes that are necessary to reopen the government.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 01:59-02:05
“The Schumer Shutdown [has lasted] for 40 days.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 02:06-02:09
“14 times Republicans have voted to open the government. 14 times Democrats have voted no.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 02:10-02:18
“We need eight Democrats [to fund the government].”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 02:42-02:45
“We finally got the eight Democrats we needed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 02:57-03:00
“There's a continuing resolution that runs through January 30th.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 03:26-03:31
“We also included three appropriation bills in the deals.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 04:01-04:06
“With this appropriation bill, we will fund the food stamps for an entire year.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 04:57-05:02
“The military construction in the VA bill...funds our veterans and also gives funds for military construction projects.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 06:49-06:57
“Given the political violence we see, I think that's very important to have more funds to increase security on both sides of the aisle.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 07:05-07:13
“If the Democrats want to be full obstructionist, they could delay opening the government as late as Friday of this week.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 08:05-08:14
“They can delay things for 30 hours.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 08:22-08:26
“My best guess is the government will open up Tuesday or Wednesday.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 08:38-08:42
“John Ossoff... just voted the 15th time to keep the government shut down.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 10:07-10:16
“When Chuck Schumer and the Democrats had the majority, do you know how many appropriation bills they passed into law? Zero.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 11:15-11:23
“The senior Democrat on the Appropriations Committee voted no.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 11:36-11:40
“Chris Coons... voted to keep the government shut down.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 11:39-11:39
“Alyssa Slotkin from Michigan... voted to keep the government shut down.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 11:47-11:47
“Gary Peters, also from Michigan, retiring. He voted to keep the government to shut down.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 11:53-11:59
“There's another element of this deal... a commitment to reverse the rifts, the reductions in forces that happened during the shutdown.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 13:30-13:41
“The reason for those delays and those cancellations, we have roughly 50,000 TSA agents all across the country. Many of them are going into…”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 16:39-16:55
“We have roughly 14,000 air traffic controllers. Many of them are going into work. None of them are getting paid. They all missed their last…”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 16:56-16:56
“The reason that the FAA has mandated 10% of flights be canceled is they're looking at the data and seeing that these short staffed air…”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 18:08-18:20
“That corporate welfare to the insurance companies expires the end of December.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 20:40-20:45
“Part of this deal is Republicans agreed we will have a vote on those, those subsidies the first week of December.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 20:46-20:55
“Obamacare is failing. It's a bad program.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 22:30-22:33
“Barack Obama promised the American people Obamacare would cut the average family's premiums by $2500 a year. That was a lie.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 22:32-22:50
“The Affordable Care Act did not make health care more affordable. It caused premiums to skyrocket.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 22:59-23:08
“Republicans should give money directly to your personal health savings accounts.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 24:15-24:23
“Expanding health savings accounts gives the consumer more control and lowers prices.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 24:37-24:43
“We passed the Trump accounts. I wrote that legislation.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 26:14-26:18
“Centene stock has increased 604% since Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 27:14-27:19
“Anthem Elevance Health stock has increased 414% since Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 27:14-27:19
“Cigna stock has increased 822% since Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 27:14-27:19
“Aetna stock price was $30.50 in March 2010. Today it's $212, increased 595% since Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 27:24-27:35
“United Health Group stock was $25.66 when Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 27:34-28:09
“Humana stock has increased 490% since Obamacare passed.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 28:20-28:24
“Democrats are fighting for massive multibillion dollar corporate welfare payoffs to the health insurance companies.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 28:23-28:28
“A CIS analysis found that 31% of illegal alien households with children draw SNAP benefits.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 32:13-32:22
“One in five households getting WIC Women's Infants and Children or SNAP is headed by a non citizen.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 32:22-32:31
“In 2022 it was 1.5 million recipients. That cost 222 million.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 32:57-33:03
“3.7 million people, about 11% of the state relies on SNAP.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 33:14-33:20
“According to the CBO, about 200,000 illegal aliens from the surge of alien asylum seekers from 2023 to 2024 already received SNAP.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 33:26-33:38
“Growing to 800,000 by 2034, assuming no deportations. A 10 year cost is $15 billion.”
Government Shutdown ENDING! We Explain When & How. | Uploaded November 10, 2025 | 33:37-33:52