Political Quotes

Marco Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.

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Feb 10, 2016

The President has given them diplomatic recognition and opened this Embassy.

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Feb 10, 2016

The general state of affairs in Mexico, obviously for years some have viewed Mexico as a source of cheaper labor...

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Feb 10, 2016

Are they prepared, for example, to play a greater role in what is happening with human rights violations and elections that are upcoming in Venezuela?

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Feb 10, 2016

I think the challenge for me, if I am confirmed, sir, will be to continue to find those areas where we can cooperate together.

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Feb 10, 2016

Their government is less than cooperative on a host of issues.

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Feb 10, 2016

On the one hand, they do allow U.S. investment of U.S. firms and companies.

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Feb 10, 2016

As we look at the Western Hemisphere, there are two competing camps that seem to have emerged, at least in my view.

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Feb 10, 2016

I think that the notion that they have lost control of their territory, while clearly they are under siege in some places...

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Feb 10, 2016

Trafficking for domestic servitude is one of the issues that receives a tremendous amount of attention.

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Feb 10, 2016

But it also, sir, a question of political will.

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Feb 10, 2016

Haiti has been granted a waiver from being placed on a Tier 3 because it had a written plan, which would make significant steps toward combating trafficking.

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Feb 10, 2016

So what is our current U.S. policy with regards to this dispute between Venezuela and Guyana?

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Feb 10, 2016

Given the disturbing new spike in cases of cholera in Haiti, what initiatives is the United States undertaking?

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Feb 10, 2016

I will build upon the success of President Obama's 100,000 Strong in the Americas initiative.

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Feb 10, 2016

The United States enjoys robust and historic people-to-people ties with Mexico, to our benefit.

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Feb 10, 2016

Diosdado Cabello, who is the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, and perhaps the most corrupt individual in Venezuela, which is a very high mark, was not included in that list.

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Feb 10, 2016

President Maithripala Sirisena is positioned to lead his country in a new direction that respects religious diversity and freedom.

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Feb 10, 2016

Are you prepared to be as outspoken as your predecessor, Bill Todd, in publicly criticizing human rights abuses?

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Feb 10, 2016

If confirmed, I will closely monitor political developments and continue actively to urge the military government to remove restrictions on civil liberties and return Thailand to democratic governance as soon as possible.

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Feb 10, 2016

I want to thank all the nominees for being here with us today.

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Feb 10, 2016

Their immigration policies are much more stringent than ours.

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Feb 9, 2016

Donald Trump does not have the foreign policy experience to become commander-in-chief.

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Feb 9, 2016

Oh, we feel great, we have team there, this is state that's very strong, our national security and on the military. I have as good a record if not better than anyone else in this race, it's a conservative state with a conservative closed…

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Feb 9, 2016

Our disappointment tonight is not on you. It's on me. It's on me. I did not -- I did not do well on Saturday night, so listen to this. That will never happen again.

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Feb 7, 2016

He is the one candidate who can unite with the conservative wing of the party and the moderate wing of the party.

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