Senator Ted Cruz

Yeah, look, it's the worst part of the job is the price that your family pays. So our girls right now, they're 14 and 17. We've got two teenage girls at home, eighth grade and 11th grade. And my typical schedule, we live in Houston. So Heidi and the girls are in Houston. They go to school in Houston. And the usual schedule is that I fly to D.C. Monday mornings.

Yeah, look, it's the worst part of the job is the price that your family pays. So our girls right now, they're 14 and 17. We've got two teenage girls at home, eighth grade and 11th grade. And my typical schedule, we live in Houston. So Heidi and the girls are in Houston. They go to school in Houston. And the usual schedule is that I fly to D.C. Monday mornings.

And I'm here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. And then usually I fly home Thursday nights. Fridays, I'll do day trips across Texas. Saturdays, I'll often do day trips across Texas. And then I try to keep Sundays as a down day for the family. That's rough. It means you miss a whole lot of things. You miss a lot of volleyball games. You miss a lot of dance performances.

And I'm here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. And then usually I fly home Thursday nights. Fridays, I'll do day trips across Texas. Saturdays, I'll often do day trips across Texas. And then I try to keep Sundays as a down day for the family. That's rough. It means you miss a whole lot of things. You miss a lot of volleyball games. You miss a lot of dance performances.

And I'm here Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. And then usually I fly home Thursday nights. Fridays, I'll do day trips across Texas. Saturdays, I'll often do day trips across Texas. And then I try to keep Sundays as a down day for the family. That's rough. It means you miss a whole lot of things. You miss a lot of volleyball games. You miss a lot of dance performances.

That's a really difficult aspect of it. It's also tough on the girls. Look, any kid, any person wants to be known for who they are. And one of the realities in the heavily polarized world we're in is, listen, politics is very different from how it used to be. Right now, the two sides, they hate each other's guts. And there is an anger and vitriol that I really think is unfortunate.

That's a really difficult aspect of it. It's also tough on the girls. Look, any kid, any person wants to be known for who they are. And one of the realities in the heavily polarized world we're in is, listen, politics is very different from how it used to be. Right now, the two sides, they hate each other's guts. And there is an anger and vitriol that I really think is unfortunate.

That's a really difficult aspect of it. It's also tough on the girls. Look, any kid, any person wants to be known for who they are. And one of the realities in the heavily polarized world we're in is, listen, politics is very different from how it used to be. Right now, the two sides, they hate each other's guts. And there is an anger and vitriol that I really think is unfortunate.

I wish we learned to get along with each other and not hate the other side the way it is now. But, you know, I'll give you an illustration. 2017, the 2017 World Series. So I went to games three, four and five in Houston. Game three, I took my dad. Really cool to take your dad to a World Series. We had season tickets to the Astros when I was a kid, so I got to take my dad to that.

I wish we learned to get along with each other and not hate the other side the way it is now. But, you know, I'll give you an illustration. 2017, the 2017 World Series. So I went to games three, four and five in Houston. Game three, I took my dad. Really cool to take your dad to a World Series. We had season tickets to the Astros when I was a kid, so I got to take my dad to that.

I wish we learned to get along with each other and not hate the other side the way it is now. But, you know, I'll give you an illustration. 2017, the 2017 World Series. So I went to games three, four and five in Houston. Game three, I took my dad. Really cool to take your dad to a World Series. We had season tickets to the Astros when I was a kid, so I got to take my dad to that.

Game four, I took Heidi. By the way, that was a complete waste. Heidi is not into baseball at all. She asked me if the Astros were going to score a touchdown. I turned to her. I said, OK, sweetheart, I'm offended that you're in this stadium right now, that you're taking the seat of a real baseball fan. But game five, I took Catherine, my youngest daughter.

Game four, I took Heidi. By the way, that was a complete waste. Heidi is not into baseball at all. She asked me if the Astros were going to score a touchdown. I turned to her. I said, OK, sweetheart, I'm offended that you're in this stadium right now, that you're taking the seat of a real baseball fan. But game five, I took Catherine, my youngest daughter.

Game four, I took Heidi. By the way, that was a complete waste. Heidi is not into baseball at all. She asked me if the Astros were going to score a touchdown. I turned to her. I said, OK, sweetheart, I'm offended that you're in this stadium right now, that you're taking the seat of a real baseball fan. But game five, I took Catherine, my youngest daughter.

It was the day after she had turned seven. And it was game five. You may remember the game that went to one thirty in the morning. It's still the greatest game in the history of the Houston Astros. What's interesting, Mark, is that game. I had no security. It was just me and Catherine. The two of us were dancing and hugging and it was one thirty in the morning.

It was the day after she had turned seven. And it was game five. You may remember the game that went to one thirty in the morning. It's still the greatest game in the history of the Houston Astros. What's interesting, Mark, is that game. I had no security. It was just me and Catherine. The two of us were dancing and hugging and it was one thirty in the morning.

It was the day after she had turned seven. And it was game five. You may remember the game that went to one thirty in the morning. It's still the greatest game in the history of the Houston Astros. What's interesting, Mark, is that game. I had no security. It was just me and Catherine. The two of us were dancing and hugging and it was one thirty in the morning.

And I told her, sweetheart, you don't appreciate this now, but you'll tell your grandkids you were at this game. I think about that now. I go to a lot of games, but now I always have a security detail with me because just the nature of the threat profile, you can't go to a game like that without security. 2017, barely even thought about it. That's an illustration.

And I told her, sweetheart, you don't appreciate this now, but you'll tell your grandkids you were at this game. I think about that now. I go to a lot of games, but now I always have a security detail with me because just the nature of the threat profile, you can't go to a game like that without security. 2017, barely even thought about it. That's an illustration.

And I told her, sweetheart, you don't appreciate this now, but you'll tell your grandkids you were at this game. I think about that now. I go to a lot of games, but now I always have a security detail with me because just the nature of the threat profile, you can't go to a game like that without security. 2017, barely even thought about it. That's an illustration.