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| https://www.cruz.senate.gov?p=news&id=2001 | CNN: Cruz: School choice is 'most compelling civil rights issue' of the century | 2014-12-09 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Republican | House | TX | Ted Cruz | C001098 | www.cruz.senate.gov | legacy | Texas Sen. Ted Cruz called school choice "the most compelling civil rights issue of the 21st century" and suggested it will be a significant focus of the Senate Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on the Constitution, civil rights and human rights when he becomes chairman in the new Congress. The potential GOP presidential contender made the remarks during a Senate hearing on community policing, scheduled in the wake of racial protests sparked by the deaths of two unarmed African-American men at the hands of white police officers. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, both African-American, and Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who is Latino, offered testimony during the hearing on the ways in which an uneven application of the law has impacted their respective racial communities. Each Democrat punctuated their testimony with stories of their own encounters with discrimination. But Cruz, in opening remarks before those three panelists spoke, highlighted school choice - a phrase typically used by conservatives to connote the expansion of charter school programs - as a key civil rights issue. "When it comes to civil rights, I think there is no civil right more important than the right of every child to access a quality education," Cruz said. Read More | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |