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Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 6, 2016 the New Hampshire GOP debate

Says CNN reported Ben Carson was "taking a break from campaigning" and the Cruz campaign "forwarded that news to our volunteers."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 2, 2016 a town hall event in Windham, N.H.

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."

By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2016 a TV interview

"California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, 'Give me your guns, I'm rounding 'em up,' she would."

By Chris Nichols • January 15, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.

"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.

By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas

"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."

By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas

Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."

By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR

"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."

By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2015 an interview with Steven Crowder

The "federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 1, 2015 a speech to the Greater Houston Partnership

The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2015 a tweet

"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on July 12, 2014 a roundtable with Texas businesses

"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 remarks in New Hampshire

"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015 a speech at Liberty University

"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."

By Steve Contorno • March 24, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News

In the 2014 elections, "the American people overwhelmingly said we don't want Obamacare … and we don't want amnesty."

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on CNN

"Obama, instead of nominating a health professional, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist (for surgeon general)."

By Lauren Carroll • October 23, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on August 31, 2014 an interview with WFAA-TV

ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2014 a press conference at Lackland Air Force Base

Says children are coming into the U.S. in "staggering numbers" because President Barack Obama "has been promising amnesty."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 7, 2014

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