If we got out of Washington, DC, if we went to the American people and said what are your top priorities—we actually have. We don't have to hypothesize about that. The American people over and over again say jobs and the economy are their top priorities. The American people want ObamaCare stopped because it is not working, it is killing jobs, it is pushing people into part-time work. Yet this Senate has not been listening to the American people. We need to make DC listen.

Transcript of ObamaCare filibuster, TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Ted Cruz's marathon speech against Obamacare on Sept. 24, Washington Post (September 24, 2013)