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Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014 a press conference

In the U.S. agreement with the Cuban government, "no commitment was made to allowing the establishment of political parties or to even begin the semblance of a transition to a democracy."

By Louis Jacobson • December 18, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2014 a speech to the NRA

"No other country has a constitutional right" like the Second Amendment.

By Amy Sherman • April 29, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on January 8, 2014 a speech

Marriage "decreases the probability of child poverty by 82 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • January 9, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on January 6, 2014 a video

"In my home state, nearly one in five Floridians live in poverty."

By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on November 20, 2013 a speech at American Enterprise Institute

"The reason we have a national debt is not because of defense spending. What is driving our long-term debt are Medicare and Social Security programs."

By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2013

Marco Rubio
stated on February 12, 2013 GOP response to Obama's State of the Union

"I still live in the same working-class neighborhood I grew up in."

By Katie Sanders • February 14, 2013

Marco Rubio
stated on January 12, 2013 an interview

The United States has "an immigration system where only 6.5 percent of people who come here, come here based on labor and skill."

By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2013

Marco Rubio
stated on August 26, 2012 an interview on 'Face the Nation'

"There is an increasing amount of evidence from public polling that the highest number of Americans ever identify themselves as pro-life."

By Amy Sherman • August 31, 2012

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2012 a TV interview

"No candidate has run more negative ads in American history than Barack Obama did in 2008, especially in the general.’’

By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2012

Marco Rubio
stated on July 17, 2011 interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"

"We have not had unemployment this high for this long since the Great Depression."

By Katie Sanders • July 19, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on July 7, 2011 an interview with CBS

"From now on, we have to pay the Russians $50 million an astronaut to send Americans to the space station"

By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on June 14, 2011 his first speech on the U.S. Senate floor

"Anywhere in the world, when someone uses a mobile phone, e-mail, the Internet or GPS, they are enjoying the benefits of the American miracle."

By Becky Bowers • June 15, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on March 30, 2011 an opinion article in the 'Wall Street Journal'

To pay for government growth, leaders of both parties "borrowed $4 billion a day, leaving us with today's $14 trillion debt."

By Laura Figueroa • April 15, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on March 30, 2011 a “Wall Street Journal” op-ed

"Corporate taxes will soon be the highest in the industrialized world."

By Becky Bowers • April 4, 2011

Marco Rubio
stated on October 6, 2010 an ABC News U.S. Senate debate.

"The years that I was speaker, the Florida House consistently offered leaner budgets than the governor offered."

By Aaron Sharockman • October 8, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2010 a campaign video

"If we ban the practice of earmarks, we could save the American taxpayer anywhere between $15 (billion) to $20 billion dollars a year in pork-barrel spending."

By Amy Sherman • August 10, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on July 9, 2010 a press release

"$120,000 will be spent by taxpayers on Charlie Crist's political photo-op special session."

By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2010

Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2010 an interview with Glenn Beck

"Close to half of the folks in this country illegally entered legally (but) overstayed (their ) visas."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 18, 2010

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