Major Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida, bringing with it devastating storm surge, winds, and inland flooding. The Seminole Tribe of Florida should have access to the federal resources required for emergency response and recovery preparations on...
Major Hurricane Milton is forecasted to potentially hinder or obstruct the Port of Tampa Bay, which receives more than 40 percent of Florida’s petroleum products. It’s crucial for the federal government to expedite all requested measures to protect Florida’s economy...
Major Hurricane Milton is forecasted to impact Florida with devastating storm surge, winds, and inland flooding. After just being hit by Hurricane Helene, it’s crucial for the State of Florida to have the support of the federal government. U.S. Senators Marco Rubio...
This year marks the first anniversary of the October 7, 2023 terrorist attacks against Israel. 32 Americans died in those attacks, and four of the Americans taken hostage that day remain in captivity. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a video remembering the...
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...
Melbourne, FL—U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) today commended the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in response to mounting counterproductive efforts by member states of UNESCO to discriminate against and target the Jewish state of Israel.
“As ISIS commits genocide and destroys historical and cultural heritage sites throughout the Middle East, the majority of UNESCO’s member states have chosen instead to advance a discriminatory and counterproductive anti-Israel agenda, including the repeated passage of measures that deny any connection between Jews and Christians and the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, and other holy sites in Jerusalem,” said Rubio. “Until UNESCO’s member states end their anti-Israel agenda, the Trump Administration is right to withdraw the United States from UNESCO and uphold U.S. laws that forbid American taxpayer money from going to this organization.”
In April 2017, Senators Rubio and Christopher Coons (D-DE) led a letter signed by all 100 Senators urging U.N. Secretary General António Guterres to counter anti-Israel bias at the United Nations, including at UNESCO.
In October 2016, Senators Rubio, Mark Kirk (R-IL), David Perdue (R-GA) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) urged President Obama to suspend ties with UNESCO after its member states adopted yet another anti-Israel resolution denying any connection between Jews and Christians and holy sites in Jerusalem.
And in December 2015, Senators Rubio and Kirk successfully blocked the Obama Administration’s plan to create a back-door mechanism to send American taxpayer money to UNESCO after its member states voted to grant membership to the non-state actor of “Palestine” in October 2011. U.S. laws require the United States to withhold taxpayer funding to any U.N. organization that grants membership to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) or “any organization or group that does not have the internationally recognized attributes of statehood.”