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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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Jul 30, 2012

I will need to leave probably around 2:30. There is an Intelligence Committee meeting.

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Jul 30, 2012

I would ask for unanimous consent that this letter by Senator Lugar be entered into the record.

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Jul 30, 2012

I think it is related to Commerce.

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Jul 24, 2012

It is this inquisitive nature that really brings out the best in us and can really compel a nation to be exceptional.

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Jul 24, 2012

So I will just continue it. You know, one of the things that we face a challenge with today when you talk to the everyday man or woman on the street is, well, why are we spending all this money at this time in our history on these things…

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Jul 16, 2012

There is no first amendment protection for child pornography and child trafficking and prostitution.

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Jul 16, 2012

In fact, 51 attorneys general have asked Village Voice to take down adult services ads as a result of this.

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Jul 16, 2012

And just 2 months ago, 19 colleagues on a bipartisan basis here in the U.S. Senate signed a letter asking them to close this down.

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Jul 16, 2012

In fact, the National Association of Attorneys General found more than 50 instances of charges filed against people who trafficked or tried to traffic minors on backpage.com.

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Jul 1, 2012

It's a tax increase. It's a massive tax increase on the middle class.

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Jun 20, 2012

Peace and security in Puerto Rico is not a foreign issue, but a domestic responsibility of this United States.

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Jun 20, 2012

Drug trafficking and associated violence affects many of our communities, and there might not be a better example of this situation than in Puerto Rico.

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Jun 14, 2012

Today's announcement will be welcome news for many of these kids desperate for an answer, but it is a short-term answer to a long-term problem. And by once again ignoring the Constitution and going around Congress, this short-term policy…

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Jun 6, 2012

They are literally incompetent leaders. They have no idea how to run an economy, how to create the conditions for job creation.

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Jun 6, 2012

The national interests of the United States have to be to see democracy fostered inside of Cuba

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Jun 6, 2012

But your name is going to be recorded, and you will be brought before justice.

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Jun 6, 2012

If the people of Cuba had access to the Internet and could communicate with one another... I do not believe the Castro regime could survive that for very long.

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Jun 6, 2012

First of all, it is an extremely repressive regime, as repressive perhaps as any other regime in the entire world.

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Jun 6, 2012

What is for us to stand for is democracy and the right of the Cuban people to determine their own future.

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Jun 6, 2012

What exists in Cuba is not some cold war relic of interest. It is, in fact, three things.

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