"It's not the right time."
"There is nothing we can do."
"If we try to do anything, the government might shut down."
"The media will criticize us if we do anything."
"Let's wait until we have Congress AND the Presidency. Then we can do something about it."
See...It's not that hard to understand. Once you repeat this mantra over and over enough times you will be able to use it as a response to anything your constituents ask you to do.
Of course, this is only the current mantra. When we didn't control the Senate it was a little different. If we ever control the Presidency it will be a little different like from 2000-2002.....
"Now that we have full control, we would love to get to those issues but these issues are more important and we wouldn't want to lose our mandate and all this good will we have."
This is one nice thing about Cruz. Not all his answers are the best but he doesn’t care who thinks he is a bull in a china shop. Some errors are vastly preferable to utter paralysis.