Marco Rubio

This legislation makes a number of positive improvements to our immigration system.

I think we are taking advantage of an opportunity when once in 25 years we deal with immigration to make sure that every base is covered.

I regret that the border security element falls well short of the sponsors' aspiration to protect the borders and maintain U.S. sovereignty.

If we do not secure our borders up front, there will be no political will and pressure from legalization advocates to do it later.

Senator Feinstein, joined in the process, of course, by Senator Marco Rubio, Senator Bennet, and Senator Hatch, fostered a spirit of unity that was ultimately necessary to produce this agreement.

Now there are 12 million people that have.

I think there is enormous agreement in this country that our immigration system right now is broken.

The bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security within 6 months that a bill is signed into law to submit a comprehensive southern border security strategy.

The bill does nothing to improve the metrics that this and a future administration will use to ensures that the border is truly secure.

There is no congressional input on either the Secretary's plan and the funding that she will have at her disposal.

I think there is likewise wide bipartisan agreement that we need to improve legal immigration.

The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act is a starting point.

We are not repeating errors of the past where we have valued stability or strategic interests at the expense of some of the democratic principles in the region.

The reason why it is in the national interest of the United States is because, No. 1, we do not want our allies, our strong allies, in the region, Israel, Jordan, Turkey, et cetera, to feel threatened by this; No. 2, because we do not want…

My statements on Syria have been reported. So people know that I believe in a more forward-leaning policy with regard to Syria.

I think it actually could potentially, one day in the future, serve as a model to some other authoritarian countries.

In so many ways, we like to hold up South Korea as an example of progress.

I think these forcible repatriations of North Korean refugees from China violates their international obligations.

What would set us apart from authoritarian competitors and lay the groundwork for a truly American legacy in East Asia is also a strong commitment to advancing individual freedoms.

I look forward to working on a very robust agenda to ensure that the subcommittee plays a strong role within the foreign policy community in ensuring that our nation's policies in East Asia and the Pacific region further both our national…

Clearly, a prosperous, democratic, and stable East Asia is crucial to our own national security, to our own safety, but also to our own prosperity.

I very much appreciate the fact that we are working together on the agenda of our subcommittee hearings in order to focus the proper attention of the U.S. Senate to the challenges that we have in Asia and the Pacific.

If your economy is demanding 2 million people a year to fill 2 million new jobs at a certain level, but you're only allowing a million people to come in, you have a supply-and-demand problem.

I think without critical data, we can't make informed decisions and the more money we can associate towards increasing data collection and improving the data is what we need to focus on.

We're shining a national spotlight on one of the gravest problems facing New York's fishing industry.