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Ted Cruz: “When Ronald Reagan was president, he signed into law…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 11:52

Well, Newark, New Jersey is not in the Federal District of Columbia, which the Constitution gives to Congress to govern. It's also objectively disproven by the example I gave. We have done this before. When Ronald Reagan was president, he signed into law legislation renaming the street in front of the Soviet Union Sakhara Plaza. The author of that legislation is someone, Mr. President, you and I still serve with. He is the senior most serving member of this body. (11:52–12:01)

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Asserts that President Reagan signed legislation to rename a street in front of the Soviet embassy.

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