As I said earlier, and as you observed, I've been pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood for more than a decade now. I've introduced legislation to do so in all but one Congress since I was elected. This Congress, I introduced a version of my bill, the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation act, that uses the same bottoms up approach that is in President Trump's executive order. It has bipartisan support in both chambers. Last week, frustratingly, the House version of my bill was advanced but terminally weakened by the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (31:50–32:01)
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Asserts that Ted Cruz introduced a bill in Congress using a bottom-up approach similar to President Trump's executive order.
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