Marco Rubio

It gets lost in the broader stories about everything else that is going on in the world.

If we can keep them in a quality education where we can talk to them about your value and make sure their parents understand that they will contribute to their families and their communities if they have the opportunities, I think over…

I think we have got to work with other countries to encourage them to do more, and I think we have got to do this work which we are trying to do at the State Department.

I do not know of any advanced economy in the world that is successful marginalizing over half its population.

We need to do more. We must continue to focus in areas where this practice is most prevalent.

I guess just to get back to the point I am making about the Western Hemisphere, if you have a 45-year-old man married to a 15-year-old in Brazil or in Mexico, I do not know whether that is even legal under their laws, but that person tries…

My concern is more those countries where, at the regional or local level, there really just is not a commitment.

I urge you to escalate this work to improve the lives of adolescent girls globally.

Education is a key to lifting the lives of girls and thwarting the route of terrorism.

One of the best ways I think to achieve these goals, as you have argued, is to convince leaders that this is not just the right thing to do but that it is actually good for your country.

I do not want to pick on any one country in particular, but two of these five countries are in the Western Hemisphere, which is also the overview of this committee.

What helps is when we raise the issue because that puts it on the agenda of national security foreign policy concerns that the U.S. cares about.

I believe, and I think many here agree, child marriage poses a direct threat to investments in education, HIV/AIDS prevention, poverty reduction and, most critically, the basic human rights and safety of girls around the world.

Please use the powers of Congress, of the purse, and of oversight to make sure the Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls is robustly institutionalized and implemented.

I think what you are alluding to is the deeper argument that the fact that nine out of these ten states that are on this list are unstable is probably the cause of it, but it is also the result of it.

I have always argued that when our alliances, especially NATO, are under pressure from our foes, we need to continue to expand and allow countries who meet the standards set by the Alliance to join.

I believe deeply the world is a safer and a better place and Americans are more prosperous when our country is able to lead, and our alliances are a critical component in that leadership.

Marco Rubio told me yesterday that he would not commit to fulfilling his full six years as senator if he gets reelected.

Marco Rubio told me yesterday that -- try to paint Patrick Murphy as a card-carrying liberal, someone who do whatever is on Hillary Clinton's agenda, assuming that she is elected.

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and the state of Florida is, and will continue to be, the primary space launch 'hub' for United States space endeavors as the Nation's Spaceport.

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Florida are indeed critical to U.S. development and use of launch capabilities.

If they treat their own people that way, just imagine what they would do to other people, if they gained any sort of power and control over them.

And the record for this hearing was going to remain open until the close of business on Friday.

Well, I want to thank all three of you for your time and for being here.

I was just wondering if, at some point, as part of the research that is being done, it is possible to create some sort of quick--painless test.