Marco Rubio

Vladimir Putin at this point has amassed more power in his hands than any leader in Moscow since Stalin in the '50s.

To secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our country, we must establish government that derives legitimacy and power from the consent of the people.

You may think Syrians are condemned to an unpleasant choice between Bashar Al-Assad and the jihadists.

The United States and the rest of the world must express moral clarity and stand up against and in support of our allies in the face of Russian aggression

We must not kowtow to the brutal regime of the Castros, and we should not reward them or their military cronies

In order for us as a nation to be credible advocates and champions for democracy and freedom and liberty, we have to--it begins with our own example here at home.

Assisting the advance of democracy has helped war-torn and violence-prone states achieve more domestic tranquility.

A cursory glance around the globe reveals disturbing trends of an authoritarian resurgence threatening human rights and democracy.

I am confident the stories they will share today will shine a powerful light on those who attempt to violate the human rights and the freedom that every person is entitled to.

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town-square test.

We are going to have two panels testifying today.

This hearing of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues will come to order.

What do they say about you in Saudi Arabia?

It is one of the most grotesque and outrageous things I have seen, and that is the conduct of BackPage.com.

Accepting Syrian and other vulnerable refugees makes us safer, by burnishing our global reputation as a humanitarian leader.

I think interrelated to all of this--and this will be my last question--is what some are calling an epidemic, the numbers are certainly startling, about the suicide rates in America among young people.

It is an outrage. It is grotesque.

If you look at the list of the top most wanted Medicare fraudsters in America, they are almost entirely from South Florida and almost entirely recent arrivals from the island of Cuba.

I have been flat out told by law enforcement in Florida, in South Florida in particular, that if they do not get greedy and are just willing to steal $200,000 to $300,000 a month, they are probably not going to get caught.

What we have in Florida, what we in South Florida in particular today is an outrageous crisis of Medicare fraud.

For the second time in a week, Florida Senator Marco Rubio has raised our reports on the Senate floor. He and many others concerned about the possible selling of Venezuelan passports, especially, Anderson, to terrorists.

It seems like the new model now is that he is basically trying to generate popular support by creating this perception that he has restored Russia to great global power status on par with that of the United States.

The old deal that Putin seemed to have with his society was that he would create a system where people could make a lot of money, especially the elites, if he had total political control.

I do not think we understand enough in our debates about Russia how much this is about domestic politics within Russia itself.

Today I want to recognize Adele Griffin, a longtime Senate staffer in my Jacksonville office, for her years of hard work; for me, my staff, and the people of the State of Florida. A fifth-generation Floridian, Adele previously worked under…