WASHINGTON – Government regulation and high taxes are stifling economic growth and Washington has been unable to do anything about it, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Tuesday.

"Economic growth ought to be bipartisan," Cruz, a former Republican presidential candidate, said at NAFCU's Congressional Caucus in Washington, DC.

That's not the case, he said. "This is a dangerous place for people who believe in free markets," he said.

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