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Sen. Ted Cruz said he thinks Congress will be selling access to billions of dollars worth of radio spectrum as part of its massive reconciliation package.

Cruz says he can do spectrum in reconciliation

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said he thinks Congress will be selling access to billions of dollars worth of radio spectrum as part of its massive reconciliation package, despite the concerns of lawmakers who are close to the defense establishment.

“I believe we'll get it done in reconciliation,” Cruz told us recently of the effort to essentially privatize some Pentagon spectrum holdings.

It’s a delicate time for Cruz as chair of the Senate Commerce Committee. He’s taking a victory lap over the fact that three of the four bills the Senate has passed so far this year are his — and he put a resolution through condemning a Biden crypto regulation just for good measure.

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