year. it's stagnant. if folks at home are wondering why donald trump won 2016, the simplest answer is because working men and women have been left behind by the economy. the only force powerful enough to pay down the debt is economic growth. if we get growth back to 3%, 4%, 5% historic levels, that's how you pay down the debt. we saw it with ronald reagan in the 1980s. i want to pay down the debt, which means we need to bring back jobs and get growth. and cutting taxes is the proven method to getting jobs and getting the growth. >> senator cruz, you talked earlier about the fact that its the democrats fault that there's only a 51 vote majority and that there is a big deficit issue.