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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Jul 10, 2011

The first is kind of a philosophical/ideological argument by some that this money should not be assigned but rather should be absorbed into the General Treasury of the United States.

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Jul 10, 2011

Well, again, and I do not want to put something--I am not committing to something, because I have not thought about it, we have not thought about all the implications, I have not talked to anybody about this yet, but one of the things we…

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Jul 10, 2011

We are going to talk to some of the other Senators involved on these issues and figure out how we can try to influence Mr. Feinberg's boss.

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Jul 10, 2011

I admire you for being here. I think it is a great step.

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Jul 10, 2011

I think that--let us move beyond that.

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Jul 10, 2011

If there was a ground of understanding of what their expectations were, this would help.

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Jul 10, 2011

But, frankly, I do not think there is any salvation for Mr. Feinberg and the GCCF.

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Jul 10, 2011

Let us close the loop on the claims process because it is still a very sore subject for obvious reasons.

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Jul 10, 2011

If you have been foreclosed on or you cannot feed your family, the promise of getting a payout down the road does not matter.

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Jul 10, 2011

We do want to encourage you and your colleagues up there to take a strong look to enforce accountability.

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Jul 10, 2011

We have got $30 million that we are going to help diversify our economy with.

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Jul 10, 2011

I think Florida has done a good job developing a consortium of all of our state universities.

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Jul 10, 2011

It is critical for the local communities, the local lawmakers and commissioners to have some say in that.

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Jul 10, 2011

I think continued research is critical.

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Jul 10, 2011

Good morning. First of all, thank you all for welcoming me here to Pensacola.

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Jun 29, 2011

We're not going to interfere in your internal affairs. We're not going to support things that may undermine democratic institutions.

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Jun 29, 2011

The United States position toward that should be that, you're not legitimate, the government, and that we are going to--if we have a chance, we'll do everything that we can to help your people bring about a change in these countries within…

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Jun 29, 2011

The new President stated his intentions with respect to Peru's democratic institutions.

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Jun 29, 2011

Brazil today is on the verge of becoming a global power.

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Jun 29, 2011

I think part of being the minority party and the opposition party in that Parliament is being able to point to his policy failures and how Venezuela could be doing so much better if it went in a different direction.

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Jun 29, 2011

It's trafficking in persons. The report in 2010 just came out on Monday. It designates Cuba as a tier 3 country for failing to adhere to minimum antihuman trafficking standards.

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Jun 29, 2011

I think we see that throughout the region as well.

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Jun 29, 2011

I think it's a positive development that there is an emerging opposition--we needn't call it 'opposition'--minority party in Venezuela that is in opposition to the policies of the government.

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Jun 29, 2011

The reality of it is that it did require--as the report outlines, all the full sanctions available for countries that fall under tier 3 are not applied to Cuba

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Jun 29, 2011

I'm deeply--aside from the political realities of what's happening in Cuba, this trafficking in persons issue is a major one around the world.

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