Marco Rubio

These fields are going to be productive and they’re going to generate royalties and revenues for the Venezuelan people.

I think they’re much better off partnering with the United States. They will benefit greatly from it.

I think it’s part of a trend that you’re seeing in the Western Hemisphere of alignment with the U.S. and U.S. interests.

So this is an important trip, obviously. We’re going to go visit three countries strongly aligned with the United States.

The most important role of any government in any part of the world, it’s the security of its people.

Without security it’s impossible to operate as a country and as a society.

The Houthis in many ways are agents and proxies of the Iranians. I think behind some of this is clearly the Iranian hand.

Iran continues to try to hit U.S. naval ships. And for every time they do that or try to do that, they're going to lose tankers. And I think you'll see that again today.

We are involved in this endeavor across the board to try to reverse those mistakes.

What it had was a very serious political problem, a political crisis. There was not, not only economic freedom, there was no freedom.

There is no reason why Venezuelans should have to leave their country.

Nothing that anyone is providing Iran is in any way impeding our ability to act as necessary to protect the United States.

As long as they continue to endeavor or claim to want one, they’re going to pay a price for it, and that price is going to be primarily economic.

At the end of the day, the solution here is not simply immigration reform. The solution is a Venezuelan, a Venezuela where Venezuelans who wish to return can return and live without having political or economic concerns.

This has to be an endeavor that goes on beyond the next two years. It has to go on for a generation.

I think in the 21st century, this partnership with higher education is important, and it’s important for two reasons.

Murillo and Ortega’s war on democracy threatens our hemisphere’s stability and prosperity.

Dictatorships that deny the unalienable rights of their citizens should not enjoy the same economic or political benefits as governments committed to defending hemispheric peace and security.

Democratic elections are more than just about having an election because you could have an election tomorrow; we’d still be using the Chávez machines and the Chávez electoral committee, and it would not be credible.

At the end of the day it is – we are clear about this: there is no reason why Venezuelans should have to leave their country.

We cannot prevent her from traveling anywhere.

In the long term, the future of Venezuela is to have a democratically elected- elected government, in a republic where the country’s leaders are directly accountable to the laws of the country and to the voters of that country.

This is a project that will involve sustainment for the long term. Multiple American administrations are going to have to make this a priority.

If you come here and you go to school and you follow this curriculum, you will leave here not just with a paper credential but with the skills that make you immediately employable in a high-paying job, in a good-paying job with long-term…

Re-industrialization, that 21st century industrial activity is going to look different than it did in the 20th century.