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Ted Cruz: “We cut $9 billion in spending.”

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

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Ted Cruz Discusses Trump's Second Term Achievements and Legislative Victories

Published | Video Starts at 18:48

Absolutely, yes. So fourth big victory rescissions. This past week we passed the first rescissions. Rescissions is an expedited process to cut spending. We cut $9 billion in spending. We cut a bunch of foreign aid spending, which was a good thing. We codified some of the doge cuts on foreign affairs. But most notably we cut the federal funding for PBS and for npr. (18:48–18:51)

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