Senator Ted Cruz on The Kudlow Report - 01/03/2013

mn the first up for new Republican senators were sworn in this morning as part of the new freshman class joining and Senate in that group includes

Republican Ted Cruz he becomes the first Texas senator of Latino descent drawings

now capital hill is freshman Republican senator Ted Cruz first of all Mr cruise many many

many congratulations well thank you Larry I'm thrilled to be here and that this is a time of enormous challenge and so it so it's a real honor to have the chance to serve right now and hopefully make a difference turning

around to the path of this country and and getting serious about solving the fiscal and economic challenges I

president Obama by executive order is going to allow illegal immigrants stay in the country and

if they have a spouse or parent child relationship it's called the hardship waiver application and

may even be stretched a little bit Izzy on the right track with this kind of thing well I do I have not seen the details of the executive order but out but I'll tell you this this administration has engaged in a in

a troubling pattern of trying to rule through executive fiat constitutions very clear that legislation is

entrusted to the U. S. Congress to pass as it is not entrusted the president of the United States and president Obama wants to change the immigration laws come

down to Congress and he should push for immigration reform should not attempt to unilaterally change the law violate

the law and violate because last summer he as you know very well he waved deportation the

young kids who were brought in %HESITATION illegally deal with this the more pop as it had the way I just language and rhetoric Sir as you've done so since using

its own policy on immigration there is no doubt that that publicans need to number one hold the line remain

serious about here in the border number two we need to be me and we need to be welcomes and that's celebrates

legal immigrants who come here see the American dream that all of us all of our parents fled to pray came

here see freedom what unifies us and we need to celebrate and she let me go back to where you begin was he not it's

your spa and now the president's immigration policy you know most rapid and if you're going to get that this is be a really fun you

got to deal with the endings there deal with a debt ceiling limitation ultimately

may have deal with a government she I don't want to get your quick take on this what's your perspective as a freshman senator watching

as you know Congress just passed a deal on the fiscal cliff in my opinion it was a lousy deal I would vote against it

was a lousy deal because number one it raised hundred and twenty billion dollars it's going to kill jobs is going to hurt small business is going to hurt Americans but

were linked with three hundred and thirty billion dollars in new additional spending it makes the here

now came to it on the debt ceiling I came to it on the debt ceiling what you I know it's early and I know you're not faced with this is all hypothetical would

you go with a government shut I mean after all if there's no money the government sat down the debt ceiling should be automatic there are decent discipline would