Marco Rubio

Therefore, there is literally--neither political party should take this lightly.

So my last point is, the last time I checked Vladimir Putin is neither a registered Democrat nor a registered Republican.

This sounds like a pretty effective and successful effort to sow chaos, to undermine credibility of our leaders and of our government institutions.

It isn't necessarily what we should be focused on here. What we're talking about here is active measures, the active measures taken by the government of Vladimir Putin to influence and to potentially manipulate American public opinion for…

I say Putin because Russian people are not doing this. It is Putin who has made this decision.

The Human Rights Commission is extremely important. The most important thing is that it is autonomous.

My goal, if I am confirmed, is to advocate making sure that they are properly funded.

I think that open media and a free media is something of great concern and a top priority.

It has been very frustrating to a lot of people to see 20 members representing I think it is like 90 percent of the GDP of the western hemisphere vote to condemn what has happened in Venezuela.

One of the things that undermines any international organism is the inability to take action.

In Venezuela, the erosion and now cancellation of democracy and freedom is truly tragic and catastrophic and has led to a humanitarian disaster.

In Nicaragua, we recently saw shocking reports of executions carried out by the military, including against innocent civilians.

The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.

In Cuba, the Cuban people have not been able to freely elect their leaders in 65 years and live under an oppressive regime.

I think it has been a very good and informative hearing, and I really look forward to moving forward on the process.

If the JCPOA had even a smidgen of the compliance requirements that the New START has, we would not be worried about that today.

If those go unanswered, if we allow the Iranian regime, just as in the past we have allowed Russia or North Korea or other violators to test the waters of our commitment to these legally binding agreements or politically binding…

I fully support her nomination.

I sympathize deeply with the injuries suffered by the Guetta family, and other families participating in this case, and condemn the acts of terrorism that caused their injuries.

If confirmed, do you commit to supporting the Anti-Terrorism Act statute as written by Congress?

I think it would be difficult for them to absorb it, if that is the decision the administration makes, which I hope they do not.

It is in the national security interest of the United States to ensure that people around the world have an opportunity to live in peace and prosperity.

That runs contrary to the legislative intent of the law the Congress passed, and it is something that we object to.

Haiti has such a difficult history. We know the struggles they have had.

When a population of people anywhere in the world is being persecuted, mistreated and, in this case, even killed, they become vulnerable to outside actors