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Ted Cruz: “The Obama administration's policy shutting down offshore…”

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

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Discussing Limited Government with Blogger Matt Dowling

Published | Video Starts at 05:32

You look at, for example, the Obama administration's efforts to shut down drilling in West Texas because of a lizard. That doesn't make any sense. You look at The Obama administration's policy shutting down offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico...cost tens of thousands of jobs. all up and down the Gulf Coast. And you know, one of the things I am running on, in fact, the core of what I'm running on is a proven conservative record. (05:32–05:42)

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Asserts that shutting down offshore drilling in the Gulf cost tens of thousands of jobs.

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