During Senator Ted Cruz's marathon speech in support of defunding ObamaCare, he took a break around 8:00 p.m. ET to read Dr. Seuss’ “Green Eggs and Ham.”

When he finished reading the children’s book on the Senate floor, he told his daughters it was bedtime and that he'd be home soon to read to them in person. Then, he proceeded to tell members of Congress how the book relates to the president’s health care law.

For three and a half years, Cruz said, President Obama and the Democrats told the American people to just try ObamaCare. Then, through exercise of “brute political force,” the Affordable Care Act became law. Cruz said, “But I'll tell you the difference with green eggs and ham is when Americans tried it, they discovered they did not like green eggs and ham and they did not like ObamaCare either. They did not like ObamaCare in a box with a fox, in a house or with a mouse.”

Watch Cruz read "Green Eggs and Ham" in the video above.

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