Fighting for Florida

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This week, Senator Rubio penned an op-ed detailing the need for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution requiring the Congress to pass a balanced budget each year. In this video, he delves deeper into the issue and explains why this measure would have deep and lasting impacts on the U.S. economy.
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On Thursday, March 3, Senator Rubio spoke to WDBO Orlando's Jim Turner about the Continuing Resolution that Congress just passed. The CR allows the government to remain operational for another 2 weeks until a longer-term solution can be reached for the country's budget.

"Rubio Plans To Fight EPA Water Regulations For Florida"

"The last thing we need is another Washington mandate that will cost billions, destroy jobs and increase daily costs," said Rubio, who raised the issue as a candidate last year.

Mar 02 2011

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Sen. Marco Rubio is planning to try to insert a measure in the forthcoming budget resolution that would bar the EPA from implementing water standard rules that business groups in Florida oppose.
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In recent days, the world has watched in horror as the Gaddafi regime has brutally massacred its own people for simply expressing their desire to live in a free and peaceful Libya.

Without hesitation, Americans should condemn the brutal Gaddafi regime and this wanton killing of civilians. We should unflinchingly support the Libyan people’s legitimate demands to build a freer and peaceful country.
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From his desk in our temporary office in the basement of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator Rubio talks about the serious issues facing the Senate, including the budget, the two-year anniversary of the failed stimulus and the lessons learned from it, and his amendment that would end travel to states that harbor terrorists, including Cuba.
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Washington, D.C. - Today, at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics, Senator Marco Rubio challenged the Obama administration's policy easing regulations regarding travel and remittances to Cuba. Questioned by Senator Rubio, Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela admitted both that there are "risks" to American citizens who would travel to Cuba under the Obama administration's new policy – especially in light of the case of Alan Gross – and that the Castro regime would financially benefit from the easing of travel regulations.