They don’t have to go to the basement to read a bill. ;)
Also, I will need to review the transcript of the interview you are discussing, but I’ve read most of the original Senate TPA language and the wording that Sessions was worried about was ‘t in that first version. It was added in the House.
And yes, I believe that Cruz read the bill. He’s known for his intellectual acumen.
“They don’t have to go to the basement to read a bill. ;)”
Look it up. They did. They had to surrender their cell phones.