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Ted Cruz: “We ended up providing 20 and a half billion dollars in…”

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

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We have jurisdiction over about 40% of the U.S. economy. That includes the Coast Guard. So I wrote the entire title on the Coast Guard that is within the reconciliation bill. And We ended up providing 20 and a half billion dollars in funding for the Coast Guard. That is the single largest investment in the Coast Guard in American history. And it is having massive positive benefits, including, we are now bringing shipmaking back to America. (10:14–10:21)

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Asserts that $20.5 billion was allocated to the Coast Guard, the largest investment in its history.

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