Marco Rubio

I do not think there is any doubt on the minds of anybody on this committee, nor probably on this panel, for that matter, what is going to happen next there, or at least what Russia is going to attempt to do.

We will not accept any unilateral decision to deploy unsanctioned Russian peacekeepers to eastern or southern Ukraine.

This was not an intelligence program. We were not spying on the Cuban Government using this program.

This program was completely within the stated mandate, within the stated purpose of your programs in Cuba.

If I sent this tweet in Cuba, I would be put in jail.

Cuba, according to Freedom House, is the second most repressive government in the world, only after Iran.

The clearly stated goals of that program... is to break the information blockade in Cuba and to promote information-sharing.

The USAID is not a charity. Right? It is a U.S. agency that promotes humanitarian and development aid around the world but, as part of it, also furthering U.S. interests around the world.

I think this is really about enhancing our national security and we want to make sure that we don't jeopardize our national security.

If I were in charge, I would be organizing sanctions to hit exactly at the heart of the regime itself.

I'm just always concerned that somehow we ascribe to other countries the same motivations as we have for the space program and sometimes that those things don't add up.

We have to be careful and realistic that we not somehow ascribe our motivations and our way of thinking to that of another nation that perhaps has different aims and goals for their space program.

We Americans have always viewed the space program, certainly over the last 30 years, as the sort of cooperative effort that certainly helps our country but benefits all mankind.

I think we have to be cautious that not every other nation has the same view.

It is important that the subcommittee examine NASA's plans for human exploration, including collaboration with international partners and commercial space opportunities.

I think it's incumbent upon us in public office who hold these positions and have these forums to make people aware of what we are actually working on.

I think if you go back to 1960 when President Kennedy made that promise that we would land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth by the end of the decade.

We engaged the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, not to do them a favor, but to do us a favor.

I think when Americans see what's happening in Ukraine, we're uncomfortable about the fact that we're paying the Russians, what is it, $70 million to go to the International Space Station.

To be clear, as we talk about this long-term goal of landing on Mars in 2030, I think what you're describing is that all the things that we are doing now in the interim all build upon each other.

I think in an ideal world we'd want cooperation with China because I think three major powers: Russia, China, the United States, and others working in conjunction if in fact we all have the same goals could certainly get some of these…

Would you agree that this evidence that is now out there before the public is strong evidence of the fact that Cuba remains a state sponsor of terrorism?

Why cannot we just say what is obvious to anyone who sees these facts that the Government of Venezuela is not and does not comport itself as a democracy and in fact, because of all of these activities and others and violence against their…

I am concerned that under this administration the size of the Navy's fleet continues to dwindle.

I do not think I got that, and I wanted your interpretation of the answer that we got with regard to that question.