WASHINGTON — In Immokalee, a dozen Hispanics spent long days in the fields then were forced to sleep in a rental truck. In Boca Raton, Filipino workers pulled grueling shifts at country clubs then returned home as captives, fed rotten chicken and denied medical...
The nation stands not at a crossroads, but on a precipice. Failure to change its spending ways will topple it into bankruptcy, and eventually destroy it. Rubio understands this, and so do millions of America’s senior citizens, who are concerned not so much with their own future, but with that of their children and grandchildren.
“The truth is that if we don’t solve this problem, we’re going to lose Medicare. And history is not going to be kind to anybody up here, Republican or Democrat, if we let that happen.”
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, a prominent Florida attorney and practicing Catholic gave his first-ever commencement address as senator, though he’s given several earlier in his political career. Rubio also received an honorary degree at the graduation ceremony held at the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts on Sunday.
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined with U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut, to introduce a resolution calling for stiffer penalties aimed at the regime of Syria. The United States has already imposed sanctions. Rubio wants more sanctions, but he emphasized that military action is not the solution. Rubio is right.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called on President Obama to denounce Syrian President Bashir al-Assad for his crackdown against protestors in the country. He is teaming up with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., to introduce a nonbinding resolution as soon as Wednesday to...