He made a similar proposal in April of 2017.
And was it every voted on? A couple of meaningless symbolic bills and a beltway theater committee performance or two do not make a conservative warrior. Sadly, Ted Cruz was a mostly anonymous back bencher in this Congress.
I'll tell you what.
You can criticize the person who proposed the good bill. I'll criticize the people who didn't vote for it.
lodi91 is right.