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Ted Cruz: “We really ought to teach our kids to read.”

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

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Published July 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 29:55

And I'm confident the president would sign it. So we are early in that process. But I'm encouraged to see that we're able to get a Democrat and Republican working together saying, look, We really ought to teach our kids to read. It should be 100 to 1, in my opinion. Teaching kids to read. That shouldn't be a problem. And it might be. (29:55–29:58)

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Asserts the importance of teaching children to read, implying a policy focus on education.

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“In 2024, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which What's called the NAEP, the reading assessment, showed that 33% of eighth…”
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“For 12th graders, the average reading scores were 3 points lower than in 2019 and 10 points lower than in 1992.”
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“A number of states, Florida, Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin have all banned teaching…”
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“Mississippi has risen from 49 in the country to a top 10 state in the country. Fourth grade reading achievement.”
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“Alabama, by the way, did the same thing. They moved from 49th to 34th.”
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“Louisiana moved from 49th to 32nd.”
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“The New York Times said in 2019, blue states had better average test scores than red states. After adjusting for demographics, now red…”
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“There is clearly a funding stream funding the anti Semitic protests on college campuses, funding the Communists tearing this country apart…”
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“The Trump Department of Justice is doing exactly that. It's following the money and it's holding people to account.”
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“Code Pink softened its stance on China, which had previously been highly critical of Beijing's human rights policies.”
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“The Department of Justice is examining the hundreds of millions of dollars [Neville Roy Singham] is using to fund the people that are…”
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“Nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham have been putting out newsletters quoting Chinese Communist officials blasting America's approach…”
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“Nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham have been putting out articles characterizing US Data centers as fronts in the quote New cold war…”
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“Nonprofits funded by Neville Roy Singham have been putting out papers opposing export controls on advanced semiconductors to China.”
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“Marcia has a package of bills that she's pitching, and it's a package of bills. It's kids safety bills. It's requiring app stores to verify…”
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“There are no Democrats backing this bill. It's not clear that every Republican on the committee will back the bill.”
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“There's strong opposition on aspects of the bill from Republican leadership in the House.”
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“The House refused to take [COSA] up because the speaker of the House and Steve Scalise, the majority leader, oppose the bill.”
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“Judiciary Committee has already passed no Fakes.”
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“I'm confident the president would sign it.”
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