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Ted Cruz: “The proposal, the legislation that had been passed was…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 28:31

Look, we all know before he was in the White House, the President was a businessman, and he is very committed to getting more for less. So The proposal, the legislation that had been passed was funding to build five to six new ice cutters. Trump said, that's not enough. I don't want five to six, I want 11. And so they found new funding that had been appropriated by Congress, and what they ended up doing was approving both. (28:31–28:37)

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Asserts that legislation was passed to fund the building of five to six new ice cutters.

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