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Ted Cruz

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Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

Nearly a decade to get it done because the โ€“ Barack Obama wouldn't do it, by the way.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

Obama was president.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

He could have done it unilaterally and he wouldn't do it.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

And it took โ€“ we ultimately got the legislation passed, but it was a decade-long battle.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

This is one I'm confident will be faster.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

I don't think this will take a decade to make happen.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

You know, you mentioned at the press conference also that we had another victim of sexual abuse share her story.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

Her name is Jayden Harris.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

And I want to play what she said at the press conference, because this was really powerful and moving.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

She was sharing about the sexual violence she experienced.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

And give a listen, give a watch.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

Well, and look, there's something really powerful about a survivor taking ownership of their own story, of their own abuse, and sharing their story.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

It can be healing.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

It can be empowering.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

Look, when Jaden told her story, there was not a dry eye in the room.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

I mean, you just heard it, and for those of you watching online, you saw it.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

And this is a 19-year-old young woman who was

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

bearing her soul.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

And there's something powerful, A, for the survivor to move past the pain and grief, but it's also powerful because for every survivor that tells her story or his story, there are dozens or hundreds or even thousands of other victims who never told anybody.

Verdict with Ted Cruz
Trey's Law โ€” Protecting the Victims of Child Sex Abuse

And one of the horrific things about this crime in particular