Following Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic damage throughout Florida’s gulf coast, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) met with the Florida Farm Bureau as well as local agricultural producers, farmers, and growers to discuss the storm’s impact. Photos are courtesy of...
Following Hurricane Helene’s catastrophic damage throughout Florida’s Gulf Coast, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) met with local officials and volunteers from the barrier islands to discuss the storm’s impact and current recovery efforts. Photos are courtesy of...
Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 storm, causing catastrophic damage along Florida’s Gulf Coast. It’s crucial for the federal government to expedite state-requested resources and authorize key policy flexibilities in order for Floridians to make a swift...
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host two in-person events to assist constituents affected by Hurricane Helene and help navigate applications for FEMA assistance. Food, water, and additional resources will be available at the events. Event...
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person and virtual Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of...
Following the impacts of Hurricanes Helene and Debby, some local governments in Florida face looming budget shortfalls that could disrupt disaster recovery efforts. If these local governments receive reimbursements for past hurricanes from the Federal Emergency...
“[T]heir affinity and reliance on government is so deep – it’s a part of their political machinery, it’s a part of their political ideology – that they can’t fathom a day and time when the government’s going to have to readjust to the reality that we cannot continue to spend money we do not have.”
Sen. Rubio: Democrats Are Simply Not Serious About Dealing With Debt
Trey Radel: “And Senator Rubio, you bring up something, that just strikes me and I wanted to address, which is that Democrats, who last year controlled the House, Senate and White House, again, they didn’t even pass a budget. They just kicked the can down the road.”
Sen. Rubio: “Well not only did they not pass a budget, the President has submitted a budget that grows the debt. I mean, that’s the other thing, with no end in sight. The President has submitted a budget that, even with massive tax increases, grows the debt with no end in sight. These guys are simply not serious about dealing with this because their affinity and reliance on government is so deep – it’s a part of their political machinery, it’s a part of their political ideology – that they can’t fathom a day and time when the government’s going to have to readjust to the reality that we cannot continue to spend money we do not have. It’s as simple as that. You cannot continue to spend money you don’t have and hope to survive.”