Columnist Ruth Marcus of The Washington Post knocked Sen. Ted Cruz for being one of the architects of dysfunctional government as she appeared on Sunday's Meet the Press on NBC.

Host David Gregory played a clip of the Texas Republican speaking about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's control of the Senate Floor. Here is what he said in the clip:

There's only one member of the U.S. Senate who has control of the agenda -- that is the Majority Leader. I can't control the agenda on the Senate floor. The reason we have no votes on tax reform is because Harry Reid won't allow any votes on tax reform. The reason we have no votes on regulatory reform, it's because Harry Reid won't allow any votes on regulatory reform. The reason we don't even spend a minute talking about substantive issues to generate economic growth and jobs is because Harry Reid won't allow the votes. At the end of the day, the Senate used to be called the world's most deliberative body, we don't debate anything nowadays.

Marcus was "chomping at the bit" to get in a word in response to Cruz's statements. And while she agreed that Republicans do have a reasonable complaint against some of the resistance from Democrats, Marcus claims the GOP to be the "architects" of dysfunctional government, especially Cruz and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI):

There is a legitimate grievance that Republicans have with their ability to get amendments debated on the floor. That said, I do believe that Ted Cruz must be Texan for chutzpah. Because for Ted Cruz, of all people, to be complaining about obstructionism and lamenting congressional dysfunction when he has been one of the chief architects of that -- with a ridiculous all-night filibuster to stop a bill that everybody understood was going to pass. Complaining now in terms of immigration -- he won't vote for any immigration money if we don't undo some of the president's previous acts for the "DREAMers." And I'm going to actually lump in your other guest also, as long as I'm on my role here, which is to listen to Paul Ryan saying the Senate has chosen not to legislate when everybody understands that the Senate's immigration bill, if were allowed to go to the House, would pass. Okay, done!