Ted Cruz
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Nearly a decade to get it done because the โ Barack Obama wouldn't do it, by the way.
Obama was president.
He could have done it unilaterally and he wouldn't do it.
And it took โ we ultimately got the legislation passed, but it was a decade-long battle.
This is one I'm confident will be faster.
I don't think this will take a decade to make happen.
You know, you mentioned at the press conference also that we had another victim of sexual abuse share her story.
Her name is Jayden Harris.
And I want to play what she said at the press conference, because this was really powerful and moving.
She was sharing about the sexual violence she experienced.
And give a listen, give a watch.
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.
It can be healing.
It can be empowering.
Look, when Jaden told her story, there was not a dry eye in the room.
I mean, you just heard it, and for those of you watching online, you saw it.
And this is a 19-year-old young woman who was
bearing her soul.
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.
And one of the horrific things about this crime in particular