sense there's no urgency in Washington irrespective of where you fall on these issues there's no urgency I mean there's there's no sense of urgency for example in the Senate about tax reform regulatory

we can start to have the debate the people deserve for the American people fairly urgency why is it that people in Washington but why don't people in Washington feel that urgency can you help that in any way if you're there and

is right now I think an urgency to politics unlike anything any of us had ever seen before this

reform the long term that the lack of an energy policy I wish there was more urgency irrespective of how you feel about these issues so

we've lost some of that sense of urgency I hope I'm wrong but let's see what is reasonable to say that the

I do talk about in my book a lack of urgency and I especially at the end of the book if you read it you'll see that it talks a lot about the

my story is like that of so many other American families I'm the son of an immigrant father who fled oppression in Cuba and

there's a reason for everything all right after the end of this there was an effort to out disenfranchised

I used to say well these kids want to go to college in September now that argument is gone that sense of urgency been taken away and

I'm Ted Cruz I'm the son of an Irish Italian mom and a Cuban immigrant dad who fled oppression and came to America seeking freedom I'm

of us have a story like that nor background that's what it means to be an American we are a people who fled oppression and

immigration there's no greater advocate of legal immigration and Senate than I am but I'll tell you make it if you want a

it an unlawful exercise of power was an unconstitutional well I certainly think it ignores the constitution but it does lead if

a sense of urgency one of the things that I've gotten to know you over here you have the sense of urgency as well that if we don't get this done now we

an exhaustive review process there had been more than twenty hearings in both the house and

going to have to do it and prove to people that it's and that was the lesson of twenty thirteen and it's more true today than it was then after