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Ted Cruz: “The President can do some things through executive order…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:49

I spent 20 minutes on the phone with the President last night talking about this and other issues. And the President is, is really eager to see Congress solve this. The. The President can do some things through executive order, but to fix this problem, we need legislation. So the President was enthusiastic. We got to get bipartisan agreement to get something to pass. And so he was really happy that, that, that we were able to get. (17:49–17:56)

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Asserts that legislation is needed to fix the problem, despite some actions possible through executive order.

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