Ted Cruz: “This is the outcome of negotiations between John Thune…”

“I want I want it to come up every couple years so I can fight over it. Yeah, look, that there's a natural instinct of essentially playing small ball. And This is the outcome of negotiations between John Thune, Lindsey Graham and the White House. And I think the White House is playing small ball, too. And so I am urging the White house, let's go 10 years, let's up the budget.” (11:05–11:11)

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