U.S. Senator Ted Cruz made a retail stop in Georgetown to visit with local residents and generate support for the Republican ticket in the general election November 6.
More than 400 friendly attendees filled a restaurant on Austin Avenue to hear the Senator’s recap on Congressional accomplishments of the last term and under President Trump. Excerpts from his speech:
- The Senate this year has doubled the child tax credit, from $1000 to $2000 per child per year. For hard-working Texas families, that is real money in your pockets to help makes ends meet and help provide for your family.
- Congress voted to double the standard deduction. This means 90 percent of Americans, starting next year, will be able to fill out their tax returns on a postcard. Personally, I think that should be 100 percent. We should adopt a simple flat tax and abolish the IRS, but 90 percent is a good start.
- Unemployment, nationally, is at its lowest in decades. African-American and Hispanic unemployment is the lowest ever reported. Youth unemployment is lower than it has been in 52 years.
- Republicans came together to repeal the individual mandate for Obamacare. Obamacare was sold to us on a whole pile of lies. No one thought it possible but 52 Senators came together; now we need to finish the job and repeal the rest. If you want prices to go down, you want more options and competition. I have led the fight to repeal Obamacare and we need to replace it with competition so you can choose your plan, you are in charge, and you can buy across state lines.
- Texans understand; if you cut taxes, pull back regulations and unchain small businesses, the Texas economy booms.
- President Trump and the Senate have approved and confirmed more principled Constitutional judges up and down the Federal benches.
- Republicans need to get out the vote. Because the Left is working with fury against the President, there is a lot of money flowing into Texas from around the country. There are more conservatives than liberals in this state, but that means, collectively, we have one job in the next two months; voter turnout.
- If the economy is growing, the Federal budget numbers work. The biggest way to stop the economy growing is to raise taxes.
- Foreign policy and aid should be directly focused on protecting the vital needs and security of the United States. We shouldn’t be paying people who want to kill us and in the past we have stupidly given money over and over to those who wear anti-American animus on their sleeve.
- My opponent voted against the tax cut. He wants to bring back Obama regulations that hammered businesses across the state. He wants to expand Obamacare to fully socialized medicine and put the government in charge of your health care.
- I am honored to be formally endorsed by the Unions of border patrol agents who risk their lives every day. Out of 100 senators, they agree I am consistently leading to stop illegal immigration, build the wall and secure the border. [Congressman] Beto opposes the wall and says we should tear down the ones we have. He also supports sanctuary cities and even said he is open to abolishing ICE.
The Senator summed up his talk with an appeal to action; “Every freedom-loving Texan who likes having a job, likes wages being up, likes the economy booming, low taxes and low regulations, wants the border secured and Constitutional rights protected needs to get out his or her neighbors, co-workers and relatives to vote.”
