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Ted Cruz presidential campaign, 2016/Government regulations

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Ted Cruz suspended his presidential campaign on May 3, 2016.[1]


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Former presidential candidate
Ted Cruz
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U.S. Senator
(Assumed office: 2013)
Cruz on the issues:
Taxes • Banking policy • Government regulations • International trade • Budgets • Agricultural subsidies • Federal assistance programs • Foreign affairs • Federalism • Natural resources • Healthcare • Immigration • Education • Abortion • Gay rights
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  • Ted Cruz co-sponsored S 2153, Sen. Marco Rubio's National Regulatory Budget Act of 2014, which proposed requiring an annual report determining the costs for federal regulations.[2]
  • In 2014, Cruz co-sponsored S 2617 – Davis-Bacon Repeal Act, which proposed repealing "the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works)."[3]
  • During a 2013 speech in Lubbock, Texas, Cruz attributed lack of economic growth to government regulation. He said, "From what I understand, economic growth is not going to come from a bunch of politicians in Washington, it’s going to come from y’all. It is going to come from the private sector. But the No. 1 thing government can do to encourage that growth is get out of the way."[4]
  • In 2013, Cruz co-sponsored S 15 - REINS Act, Sen. Rand Paul's REINS Act, which proposed increasing "accountability for and transparency in the federal regulatory process."[5]
  • In May 2012, Cruz said, "We need to eliminate unnecessary and unconstitutional agencies like the Department of Education ... the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the National Endowment of the Arts. ... I would most like to eliminate the Internal Revenue Service."[6]
  • During his 2012 Senate campaign, Cruz argued that Dodd-Frank needed to be repealed.[7]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Politico, "Ted Cruz drops out of presidential race," May 3, 2016
  2. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.2153 - National Regulatory Budget Act of 2014," accessed December 10, 2014
  3. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.2617 - Davis-Bacon Repeal Act," accessed December 10, 2014
  4. ↑ Lubbock Online, "Ted Cruz tells Lubbock audience economic growth key in solving nation's problems," April 4, 2013
  5. ↑ Congress.gov, "S.15 - REINS Act," accessed December 10, 2014
  6. ↑ Houston Chronicle, "Paul, Cruz fire up tea party rally," accessed March 5, 2015
  7. ↑ National Review, "A Growth and Jobs Agenda," accessed March 5, 2015
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