US Senator Marco Rubio Newsletter 02/23/24

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THIS WEEK IN THE OFFICE OF SENATOR MARCO RUBIO
February 19-23, 2024
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Rubio Travels to Argentina

●     Senator Rubio traveled to Argentina to meet President Javier Milei to reinforce bilateral relations, and discuss new economic and political plans for Argentina. 

Rubio Travels to Paraguay

●      Senator Rubio met with President Santiago Peña to discuss regional challenges, and the importance of maintaining bilateral relations.


●      Senator Rubio spoke with Taiwanese Ambassador to Paraguay, José Han, to reaffirm his support for Taiwan, and the importance of maintaining Paraguayan-Taiwanese relations.
Remembering AMIA Victims

●      Senator Rubio visited the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Building in Buenos Aires to pay tribute to the victims of the brutal terrorist attacks on July 18, 1994.

Op Eds

●      Senator Rubio published an article in National Review laying out alternatives for the Child Tax Credit that would benefit American families better than Democrat policies.

●      Senator Rubio published an article in Newsweek paying tribute to the late Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny.

●      Senator Rubio published an article in Informe Orwell highlighting El Salvador as a strong regional partner and President Nayib Bukele’s effective policies.

Letters

●      Senator Rubio and colleagues sent a letter to President Biden urging him to delete his TikTok account, which poses a drastic national security threat.

In the News

“The lawmakers including Senators Marco Rubio… urged Biden to ‘delete your account and publicly acknowledge the national security threat posed by TikTok.’” (Republican lawmakers urge Biden to deactivate campaign TikTok account, Reuters, 2/20/2024)

“Sen. Marco Rubio issued a dire warning about what would happen if the U.S. were victim to a cyber attack after a massive cellphone outage affected Americans on Thursday.”(Massive Cellphone Outage Sparks Dire Warning From Republican, Newsweek, 2/22/2024

“Rubio warns Chinese cyberattack ‘will be 100 times worse’ than AT&T outage: ‘Your power, your water’” (Fox News, 2/22/2024)

“Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is leading a group of GOP lawmakers in calling for President Biden to delete his TikTok account in the name of national security.” (Republican lawmakers to Biden: Delete your TikTok account, Washington Times, 2/20/2024)

“Refugees in their 20’s get more than what retirees who worked & paid taxes get from social security” (Liberals Want Americans to House Illegal Immigrants: Is Your Home Next?, The American Spectator, 2/20/2024)

“That was a contrast to both Florida Republican U.S. Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio who both held Putin responsible for Navalny’s death, which was announced Friday.”(Florida leaders respond to Navalny’s death. Trump weighs in as well, sort of., The Palm Beach Post, 2/17.2024)

“Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) visited Argentina yesterday to meet with the country’s new right-wing President Javier Milei and Vice President Victoria Villarrue. Rubio, vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, called Milei a “strong ally of America with a bold plan to save #Argentina from a century of disastrous socialist policies,” in a post on X. “We should help him succeed!” Rubio added. The elected officials met to discuss U.S.-Argentina relations and Milei’s economic plans, according to a statement from Rubio’s team. Milei, who is often compared to former President Donald Trump, was elected back in November after running on a strong opposition to left-wing economic policies.”(Defamation bill gets tweaked following conservative pile on, Politico, 2/21/2024)

“Marco Rubio Leads Republicans Demanding Joe Biden Delete TikTok Account”(Breitbart, 2/21/2024)

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