Marco Rubio

The United States is working with its international partners to build consensus for a peaceful solution and to see the re-establishment of democratic norms in Venezuela.

I am committed to evaluating on an ongoing basis the range of foreign policy tools at our disposal that can best achieve our objectives, enhance our national security, and improve the dire situation in Venezuela.

I believe our greatest national asset is our commitment to the fundamental values expressed at the founding of our nation: the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe the Cuban people are deserving of freedom and democracy just like the people in the Dominican Republic have...

I want to continue on the theme of human rights.

This is a very important commitment. It is a very important part of this job, and I think it is really important for those interested in human rights globally and in China to know that they are going to have an ambassador willing to raise…

An economic opening towards a totalitarian state in and of itself will not guarantee a political opening.

What I hope to acquire from you today is a commitment that on these cases, whether it is publicly or privately, that these are issues that you will raise with the Government of China.

As proof that there is justice in the universe, Jose is alive and his oppressor is dead.

And so on any issue, whether it is the location of the Embassy, whether it is our position on any given matter, it is your job ultimately to be an advocate for the decisions made from the Oval Office and by this administration, not your…

I find this whole process to be unreal.

I think it is accurate to say that your position, it is not that you are opposed to this ideal outcome in which there would be two states but that you recognize that at this moment, given the circumstances that exist in the world today and…

My view is that Israel is our strongest ally in the region.

I think he should embrace the bipartisan commission. But I understand his frustration.

Marco Rubio of Florida sits on that committee. He's said he has serious concerns with that nomination.

Being a friend of Vladimir is not an attribute I am hoping for from a Secretary of State.

Their experiences must not be viewed in isolation, rather they are representative of untold numbers of other Chinese, Tibetans and Uyghurs who daily face repression.

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

The need for principled and consistent American leadership is more important than ever.

Today, it is the Democrats. Tomorrow, it could be us.

You have the world's supreme sponsor of terrorism who now has billions of dollars more than they once did as a result of this.

What we see is an increased amount of support for the Assad regime and the sponsorship of terrorism.

They now have access to millions and millions of dollars they did not have access to before.

The only thing that has changed is that now we have made it harder for them to acquire a nuclear weapons capability.

I think it is common sense that in fact they would do that.