Ted Cruz: “The law was very clear that that money was designated for…”

“They can't do that. They did it. And, and listen, World cup security is important. I, I don't dispute that having security at the World cup was, was important, but The law was very clear that that money was designated for marine domain awareness. to fight a very real problem of Chinese illegal fishing that is destroying entire fish populations, that is doing massive damage to the environment, that is hurting jobs and, and, and that is continuing completely unabated right now.” (13:12–13:18)

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