This upcoming Sunday, the people of Venezuela will hold an election that, if legitimate, would put an end to years of the oppressive Maduro narco-regime. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) issued a statement in support of the Venezuelan people: “The...
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Rubio: “La Tenacidad y Valentía del Pueblo venezolano Estarán a la Vista”
Este próximo domingo, el pueblo venezolano tendrá una elección que, de ser legítima, pondría fin a años de opresión por parte del narco-régimen de Maduro. El senador estadounidense Marco Rubio (R-FL) grabó un mensaje de video en español y emitió una declaración en...
Rubio, Scott, Colleagues to Biden Admin: No Privileges Should Be Given to 9/11 Terrorist
Twenty-three years ago, the United States was attacked by Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001. Now, Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person convicted in a U.S. court for his role in the attack, has requested the U.S. Department of Justice to allow a prisoner transfer...
Next Week: Rubio Staff Hosts Mobile Office Hours
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host 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 Senator Rubio’s...
Rubio, Colleagues Introduce Ensuring Continuity in Veterans’ Health Act
As the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) opens up new facilities, many veterans are losing access to the VA’s Community Care Program and, consequently, their long-term healthcare providers. Veterans throughout the country have reported a loss of care, including...
Rubio Introduces Bill to Strengthen U.S.-India Security Partnership
The U.S.-India partnership is vital to countering influences from Communist China. In order to strengthen this partnership, it is essential to enhance our strategic diplomatic, economic, and military relationship with New Delhi. U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)...
Daytona News Journal: Rubio’s Right: Confront The National Debt Now
Marco Rubio, Florida’s new U.S. senator, has drawn a line in the sand on raising the national debt. His colleagues on Capitol Hill should join him in holding that line against the same old “we’ll deal with it next year” promises that have allowed the national debt to grow into a mountain of IOUs.
Rubio has become an outspoken opponent of Congress raising the federal debt limit without first agreeing to a sweeping plan to reduce the $14.2 trillion national debt. The debt limit now stands at $14.29 trillion. With the federal government piling up debt at the appalling rate of $4 billion a day, the debt ceiling will be breached within the next few weeks. If Congress doesn’t agree to raise the ceiling soon, the government will lose the ability to issue debt.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that if the government can’t continue to issue debt, the consequences will be “catastrophic.” Rubio believes it may take the prospect of an immediate economic catastrophe to concentrate the minds of congressional leaders on the greater catastrophe awaiting the country down the road.
In a recent column for The Wall Street Journal, Rubio wrote that when Barack Obama voted as a senator in 2006 against raising the debt ceiling, he called raising the limit “a sign of leadership failure.” The debt limit then was under $9 billion.
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