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Ted Cruz: “The Democrats are refusing to fund the Department of…”

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Published March 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:22

And we've got a lot to cover on this Monday, Senator, including a big update on the government shutdown. Where are we now? We are right now on day 44 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The Democrats are refusing to fund the Department of Homeland Security. They're refusing to fund ice. They're refusing to fund Customs and Border Patrol. We're going to break it down on where things are. (00:22–00:26)

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“We are right now on day 44 of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.”
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“Texas passed the largest state school choice program in the country.”
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“Last year with the reconciliation bill, we passed the biggest federal school choice bill in history.”
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“The COVID virus escaped from a Chinese government-owned lab, likely the Wuhan Institute for Virology.”
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“A network of about 500 groups with an estimated $3 billion in combined annual revenues is behind the coordinated nationwide no Kings…”
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“Raul Castro is a billionaire.”
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“They're refusing to fund [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] ICE.”
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“They're refusing to fund Customs and Border Patrol.”
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“The TSA is going to be funded as of today, Monday.”
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“Bush and Atlanta have been the two worst airports for the delays.”
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“The Senate passed the bill that funded all of TSA or and funded all of DHS, but carved out ICE and carved out $6 billion from CBP.”
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“House Republicans views were. It is ridiculous. It is objectively insane to defund ICE and to cut the funding for CBP.”
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“Senate Democrats, they are so angry, they hate Trump so much.”
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“Democrats will never again vote to fight forever for a year. I agree with you for five years, for 10 years that they are just a no.”
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“They do not care if they shut down law enforcement. They want open borders. They don't want criminals deported. They don't want murderers…”
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“Let's fund ICE for 10 years. 10 years is the maximum budget window you can do.”
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“The effect of your Ridiculousness is you increased funding for ICE by 10% and got it funded for 10 years.”
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“The House has not been banging into the reality that the Democrats are just not going to move.”
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“The effect of the House saying no is the Coast Guard is still not getting its paychecks.”
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“Secret Service is not getting their PayCheck right now.”
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“We funded four years of ICE and CBP because we could see that that was gonna be a problem.”
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“We've now crossed the line. And unless something dramatically changes, this will continue at least another two weeks.”
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“In 2013 we had control of the House of Representatives and the Democrats had control of the Senate and the White House.”
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“House Republicans in 2013 stood strong, funded all of government, but not Obamacare.”
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“Throughout the Biden administration, I have asked the question, if you were trying to destroy America deliberately, what would you do…”
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“Under Biden, we had incredibly high [inflation].”
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“It's the Democrat policies that led to every one of them. That is their economic policy.”
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“Breakdown of law and order. If laws aren't enforced consistently, whether on crime, borders or corruption, public confidence collapses and…”
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“We spent four years with a man with dementia as commander in chief with his finger on the nuclear button.”
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“Erosion of institutions, undermining courts, law enforcement, elections, or the military, either through politicization or loss of…”
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“Cultural and social division. Policies or rhetoric that deepen divisions, racial, economic, political, can fracture national unity and make…”
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“Things like describing ICE as Nazis and Gestapos. Things like demanding that you dox law enforcement officers and go harass their families.”
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“Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House, said about ICE officers, we will unmask you, we will go to your home, we will find you.”
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“Relying heavily on rival nations for critical supply chains. Energy, China. Technology. Manufacturing can create strategic vulnerabilities.”
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“There are a lot of Republicans who bear some blame for making us so totally dependent on China.”
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“The people suffer in every instance [under communist dictatorships].”
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