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Ted Cruz: “It's federal laws that Congress has passed that created this…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 19:37

It completely changed the trajectory of their family tree, and it was because of athletics. Well, and some people have said, well, why is Congress getting involved in college sports? And the reason is It's federal laws that Congress has passed that created this chaos [in college sports]. It's why all of the rules got thrown out, because they're being sued under existing federal law. And every rule keeps getting thrown out. (19:37–19:42)

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