Ted Cruz’s wife said the former presidential candidate has an “enormous agenda” to carry out when he returns to the Senate later this month, and compared his fight to the battle against slavery the country faced in the 19th century.

“Be full of faith and so full of joy that this team was chosen to fight a long battle. Think that slavery — it took 25 years to defeat slavery. That is a lot longer than four years. We are full of energy … We’re going to keep moving forward,” Heidi Cruz said.