Marco Rubio actually said...

Rubio, Hon. Marco, a U.S. Senator From Florida; Cochairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

We will urge President Xi to allow discussion of China's past history.

Twenty-seven years later the Chinese government is increasingly brazen in its repression.

the notion of a delay simply sends the signal that the U.S. believes that the role we hold is so valuable we're not giving it up