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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Mar 10, 2020

We cannot sit on our hands and do nothing as China repeatedly and systematically abuses the human rights of the Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities.

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Mar 10, 2020

Nothing is more dear and more sacred to us here in America than the concept of freedom.

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Mar 10, 2020

It's injected forced labor into American and global supply chains.

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Mar 10, 2020

I want to echo first what the chairman talked about with our staff. They've put together a very powerful document.

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Feb 12, 2020

I was presiding over the Committee on Foreign Relations while the chairman was voting. The vote ended before I was able to return and cast my vote in favor of the confirmation of John Fitzgerald Kness to be U.S. District Judge for the…

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Jan 30, 2020

Can anyone doubt that at least half of the country would view his removal as illegitimate. It's nothing short of a coup d'etat. It is difficult to conceive of any scheme Putin could undertake that would undermine confidence in our…

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Jan 30, 2020

Just because actions meet a standard of impeachment does not mean it is in the best interest of the country to remove a president from office.

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Jan 1, 2020

Marco Rubio... believes the president so far has exercised restraint when it comes to Iran.

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Oct 15, 2019

The damage to our reputation and national interests will be extraordinary and long lasting.

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Sep 23, 2019

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:53 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, September, 24, 2019, at 10…

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Sep 16, 2019

The proposed bill exposed the very real and increasing threat to Hong Kong's autonomy.

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Sep 16, 2019

We saw images of the police holding down a protester whose head was bleeding, and spraying pepper spray into the wound.

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Sep 16, 2019

We stand with you. And by we, I mean that this is a bicameral, bipartisan commitment.

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Sep 16, 2019

Your fight, and the fight of your fellow Hong Kongers, is the fight of every human who yearns for liberty and dignity.

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Sep 16, 2019

Hong Kong's special status under American law depends on the city being treated as a separate customs area.

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Sep 16, 2019

The key issue before us is autonomy.

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Sep 16, 2019

The U.S. and the international community cannot be silent or just make noise with nothing that backs it up.

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Sep 16, 2019

I believe it's clear that the business of Hong Kong is freedom.

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Sep 16, 2019

The Chinese Communist Party has been eroding Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms guaranteed by the Joint Declaration.

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Sep 16, 2019

We stand with you, and by we, I mean this is a bicameral, bipartisan commitment.

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Sep 16, 2019

Your fight and the fight of your fellow Hong Kongers is the fight of every human who yearns for liberty and dignity.

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Aug 14, 2019

I disagree 100 percent with Representatives Tlaib and Omar on Israel and am the author of the anti-BDS bill, which is the boycott bill, we passed in the Senate, but denying them entry into Israel is a mistake.

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Jun 3, 2019

Tiananmen must not be viewed exclusively through the lens of history.

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Jun 3, 2019

Today we honor those whose lives were irrevocably altered by the events of that day.

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