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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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Mar 30, 2022

It is hard for us to compete against that.

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Mar 30, 2022

The NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act, for 2022 supported language that required the State Department to report to Congress by June of this year on efforts by China to expand its presence and influence in Latin America and the…

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Mar 30, 2022

These are nothing, but communist-driven junkets to expand their ideology throughout the region.

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Mar 10, 2022

On vote No. 72, the motion to invoke cloture on Maria Pagan to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, it was my intent to vote yea. ____________________

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Mar 9, 2022

The truth is that, in every era, leaders, nations, and civilizations have struggled with the same feature of our fallen nature, and that is the desire of the powerful to conquer, to enslave, to rule over those that are weaker than…

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Mar 9, 2022

This is, I imagine, probably the most important and most watched worldwide threats hearing in my time in the U.S. Senate.

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Mar 9, 2022

It's dangerous because we're afraid the Russians will get a hold of it.

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Mar 9, 2022

It's my view that he uses negotiations as just another tool on his toolbox.

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Mar 7, 2022

It would be a huge benefit to Maduro. It would be millions of dollars for his personal piggy bank.

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Mar 7, 2022

He uses negotiations the way Putin does, habitually, to divide and demoralize his opposition.

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Mar 7, 2022

Do we recognize him as the president of Venezuela? Is that not--is that not our official position?

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Mar 7, 2022

Maduro has had habitual--he is a habitual negotiator, but he never leads to anything.

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Mar 7, 2022

You are aware that the Venezuelan oil industry is in shambles after years of mismanagement, corruption.

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Mar 7, 2022

Basically, a no-fly zone, if people understand what it means, it means World War III. It means starting World War III.

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Feb 28, 2022

Growing signs Putin has ordered a medieval siege of Kyiv, cut a city of millions off from food, fuel, power, communication, and supplies, and then bomb and starve the government into submission. We need to start thinking about what we can…

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Feb 27, 2022

The people of #Ukraine are tough people who will NEVER accept being ruled by #Putin.

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Feb 13, 2022

This is a very dangerous situation. I think you're also at the same time have to balance a second concern, which is just as important and that is how quickly something like this could escalate into something very dangerous and catastrophic.

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Feb 11, 2022

She put classified information her computer.

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Feb 7, 2022

I believe he would defeat Joe Biden and I don`t want Kamala Harris to have the power as vice president to overturn that election.

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Feb 6, 2022

Well, if President Trump runs for reelection, I believe he would defeat Joe Biden, and I don`t want Kamala Harris to have the power as vice president to overturn that election.

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Feb 2, 2022

The international committee--and, as a matter of fact, those participants in this Olympics, they need to be protected.

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Feb 2, 2022

I stood outside the Chinese embassy in protest with a crowd of remarkable activists, including Chen Guangcheng, calling for democracy, the rule of law, and an end to the human rights abuse.

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Feb 2, 2022

We will hear testimony from representatives from other repressed communities, including Tibetans, Uyghurs, and from the great Hong Kong defender of democracy, Nathan Law.

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Feb 2, 2022

He should be at The Hague being held to account for crimes against humanity and genocide.

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Feb 2, 2022

We love the Chinese people, and we stand with the oppressed and not with the oppressor, and that's the Chinese Communist Party.

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