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Rubio, Scott, Florida Delegation Ask for Security Plan for 2026 FIFA World Cup
The United States will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, along with Canada and Mexico. Miami was chosen as one of the host cities to hold matches, with additional Florida cities serving as base camps for the competing national teams. The increased tourism activity across...
Rubio to Biden: Planning Needed to Avoid Oropouche Outbreak
Oropouche virus is a disease spread to humans by mosquitoes and biting midges that can cause neurological effects and devastating effects on unborn babies. Recent surveillance data reports approximately 40 travel-associated cases of oropouche, in Florida, from...
Rubio, Cardin Applaud Senate Passage of USCIRF
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), created by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, is a bipartisan commission that monitors and reports on international religious freedom. The commission’s authorization is currently...
Next Week: Rubio Staff Hosts Mobile Office Hours
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person 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 Senator Rubio’s...
Rubio, Merkley Introduces Bill Preventing Adversaries From U.S. Sanctions Evasion
U.S. government agencies have different criteria for sanctioning adversaries and preventing them from engaging in the U.S. economy. Our biggest foreign adversaries, like China, benefit from this lack of interagency coordination, which must come to an immediate...
Rubio on Assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Panama City, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued the following statement following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse:
“Jeanette and I are praying for the people of Haiti and First Lady Martine Moïse. I urge President Biden to direct the Department of State to support the Haitian National police and help bring the murderers to justice. We cannot allow this cowardly, evil attack to bring even more hardship to the people of Haiti and further destabilize their country.”
Rubio is the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues.