Social Issues

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, shakes hands after talking to the media following a radio interview, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Antonio. Cruz will hold a town hall in Austin, Texas, Thursday as a Republican bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law hangs in the balance. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Protesters stand outside of a radio station where Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, stopped for a radio interview, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Antonio. Cruz will hold a town hall in Austin, Texas, Thursday as a Republican bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law hangs in the balance. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, talks to the media following a radio interview, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Antonio. Cruz will hold a town hall in Austin, Texas, Thursday as a Republican bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law hangs in the balance. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Protesters stand outside of a radio station where Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, stopped for a radio interview, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Antonio. Cruz will hold a town hall in Austin, Texas, Thursday as a Republican bill to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law hangs in the balance. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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A demonstrator holds poster as a dancing protest against the G-20 summit passes by the Rote Flora squat in Hamburg, northern Germany, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The leaders of the group of 20 meet July 7 and 8. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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Demonstrators hold a sign 'G20 go home' during a dancing protest against the G-20 summit in Hamburg, northern Germany, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. The leaders of the group of 20 meet July 7 and 8. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017, file photo, Andrew Garfield arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Garfield is getting criticized after Britain's Gay Times reported July 3, 2017, that he told an audience he was gay, but "without the physical act." (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP, File)

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Watched by police, demonstrators against the Senate Republican health care bill await the arrival of Pennsylvania's U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey outside the studios of WHTM-TV, Wednesday, July 5, 2017 in Harrisburg, Pa. Toomey took questions in front of a live audience in public for the first time this year. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

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A demonstrator holds a poster with a photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the writing "festival of democracy with special guests" as a dancing protest against the Group of 20 summit passes by the Rote Flora squat in Hamburg, Germany on Wednesday. (Associated Press)

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"This is blood money. They're paying for tax cuts with American lives," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, regarding the GOP's bill. (Associated Press)

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Participants hold placards during a protest against a spate of violent attacks across the country targeting the country's Muslim minority, in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. Thousands of protestors gathered in different cities to decry the silence of India's Hindu right-wing government in the face of the public lynchings and violent attacks on at least a dozen Muslim men and boys since it was voted to power in 2014. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Illustration on the broader insurance choice created by the Republican Health plan by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, center, speaks alongside former drug addiction treatment clients Gary Frazier, left, and Heather Padgett, during a roundtable discussion at the Adams Recovery Center for Women, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Cincinnati. Portman discussed the importance of increased funding for addiction treatment and efforts to combat the ovoid epidemic in Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko celebrates a point against Canada's Francoise Abanda during their Women's Single Match on day three at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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This Tuesday, July 4, 2017 photo, shows Syrian refugees holding placards as they stand by the body of a deceased Syrian man, in the town of Arsal, near the Syrian border, in northeast Lebanon. Anger mounted among Syrians in Lebanon Wednesday with at least one Syrian opposition group and an international human rights organization calling for a quick investigation after the death of at least four Syrians in Lebanese army custody. The placard in Arabic, center, reads, "For what crime was he killed? ... In Arsal," and at right, "We haven't come to Lebanon for tourism," and left, "Take us to Jarablus [Syria]." (AP Photo)

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This June 27, 2017 photo shows a mural of Alton Sterling next to the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, La. Little has changed in this poverty-stricken neighborhood since Alton Sterling was shot by police one year ago, a frustrating fact of life for residents and business owners who had hoped a national spotlight on their problems could erode racial tensions and improve police relations in Louisiana's capital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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In this June 27, 2017 photo, hair stylist Ronnie Horton works inside the Trejor Ure Hair Barber and Beauty Salon in Baton Rouge, La. Little has changed in this poverty-stricken neighborhood since Alton Sterling was shot by police one year ago, a frustrating fact of life for residents and business owners who had hoped a national spotlight on their problems could erode racial tensions and improve police relations in Louisiana's capital. Horton said he believes politicians have shortchanged the neighborhood for years. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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In this June 27, 2017 photo, Abdullah Muflahi, left, shake hands with anti-violence activist Arthur Reed, outside his Triple S Food mart, in Baton Rouge, La. Little has changed in this poverty-stricken neighborhood since Alton Sterling was shot by police one year ago, a frustrating fact of life for residents and business owners who had hoped a national spotlight on their problems could erode racial tensions and improve police relations in Louisiana's capital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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In this June 27, 2017 photo, Abdullah Muflahi walks outside his Triple S Food mart in front of a mural of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La. Little has changed in this poverty-stricken neighborhood since Sterling was shot by police one year ago, a frustrating fact of life for residents and business owners who had hoped a national spotlight on their problems could erode racial tensions and improve police relations in Louisiana's capital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)