US Senator Marco Rubio Newsletter 03/22/24
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Rubio on Air
- Senator Rubio joined America Reports to discuss the recent protests in Cuba, Americans stuck in Haiti, and TikTok.
- Senator Rubio joined Hannity to discuss illegal immigration and Congress’s effort to sever TikTok from ByteDance.
- Senator Rubio joined The Glenn Beck Show to discuss why China’s control over TikTok endangers our national security.
Countering the Venezuelan Narco-Regime
- Senator Rubio and Representative María Salazar (R-FL) celebrated the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ passage of the Venezuela Emergency Relief, Democracy Assistance, and Development (VERDAD) Reauthorization Act, which would sanction Maduro regime officials in Venezuela.
Statements
- Senator Rubio placed holds on four Biden Administration nominees for U.S. Department of State positions.
- Senator Rubio condemned the Hong Kong Parliament’s passage of the Article 23 legislation, which places Hong Kong under stricter national security laws from China.
Industrial Policy, Right and Wrong
- Senator Rubio published an article in National Affairs exposing the flaws in the Biden Administration’s industrial policy and charting a course for improvement.
Legislation
- Senator Rubio introduced the CCP Lobbying Divestment Act, which would prohibit contractors who work for the U.S. Department of Defense from hiring lobbyists who have other clients connected to the Chinese Communist Party.
- Senator Rubio introduced the Mandatory Review of Performance Improvement Plans at State Act to require Performance Reviews be a part of considerations for promotion at the U.S. Department of State.
- Senator Rubio introduced a bill to ensure the American flag remains the primary and most visible symbol at American embassies across the world.
In the News
“Rubio Introduces Bill to Make Lobbyists Choose Between the US and Chinese Communist Party” (The Epoch Times, 3/20/2024)“Sen. Marco Rubio Debuts Bill Banning Embassies from Flying Non-U.S. Flags Larger and Higher than Stars and Stripes” (Breitbart, 3/21/2024)
“GOP Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio demanded in a letter to know President Joe Biden’s plan to prevent “mass migration” and to screen and track U.S. entrants. They tied their concerns to those at the southern border, where at least 8 million people have arrived since Biden took office.” (Florida Republicans press Biden for answers on Haiti, Politico, 3/18/2024)
“Rubio to GOP: Don’t ‘Shy Away’ From Exposing Democratic Abortion Extremism” (The Daily Signal, 3/19/2024)
“This is an important thing that we’re doing because it has commercial implications too, so I want us to make sure it’s the best bill possible, I think it benefits from having a committee hearing and things like that, but what that process looks like, as long as we get it done, that’s what I care about.” (Congress Moves Cautiously Closer to TikTok Crackdown, Newsweek, 3/20/2024)
“This type of rhetoric has flourished on X, as well as other internet forums, since the House passed its version of the TikTok ban last week. The legislation is now in the Senate. Its chief Republican backer, Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.), says the rhetoric is evidence that the Chinese Communist Party is using TikTok to foment unrest in American and promote inflammatory propaganda.” (TikTok Supporters Blame Jews for Congressional Ban, The Washington Free Beacon, 3/18/2024)
“There is no U.S. food embargo on Cuba,” Rubio reiterated Tuesday on X. “Last year Cuba imported over $300 million in food and commodities from the U.S.” (Cuba protesters demand food, electricity as Rubio says nation on ‘verge of collapse’ from Marxist policies, Fox News, 3/21/2024)
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