Marco Rubio in CNN-Telemundo debate in Texas
On Budget & Economy:
Reduce debt to save key programs like Social Security
In less than five years, 83 percent of entire budget will be made up of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the interest on the debt. That means only 17 percent will be for things like the military or the Department of Education.
You cannot balance our budget unless you deal with that 83 percent. There are a lot of people like my mother that depend on Social Security and Medicare, on the need to save those programs, by reforming the way they work for future generations.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Energy & Oil:
Let ethanol program expire
Ethanol will phase out, it is phasing out now. By 2022 that program expires by virtue of the existing law, and at that point it will go away.
I don't agree with the mandate and the program that's in place, but I think it's unfair that these people have gone out and invested all this money into this program and we're just going to yank it away from them.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Families & Children:
Hispanic values: Burning desire that kids have it better
We have to move past this idea that the Hispanic community only cares about immigration. It's an important issue because we know and love people that have been impacted by it. But, I'm going to tell you that the most powerful sentiment in the
Hispanic community, as it is in every immigrant community, is the burning desire to leave your children better off than yourself and, you can only do that through free enterprise.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
No honest broker on Israel: we are on their side
Q: Donald Trump said about the ongoing conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians -- "Let me be sort of a neutral guy. I don't want to say whose fault it is; I don't think it helps." What's wrong with being an honest broker?RUBIO: The position
Donald has taken is an anti-Israel position: you cannot be an honest broker in a dispute between two sides in which one of the sides is constantly acting in bad faith. The Palestinian Authority has walked away from multiple efforts to make peace, very
generous offers from the Israelis. The Palestinians teach their 4-year-old children that killing Jews is a glorious thing. The bottom line is, a deal between Israel and the Palestinians, given the current makeup of the Palestinians, is not possible.
The next president of the United States needs to be someone like me who will stand firmly on the side of Israel. I will be on Israel's side every single day because they are the only pro-American, free enterprise democracy in the entire Middle East.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
Stay with Japan & South Korea or they will be nuclear powers
RUBIO: Donald says South Korea needs to contribute more to Asia-Pacific defense. South Korea contributes $800 million a year to that effort. Japan contributes as well. Here's why our commitment to that regional security is so critical.
If we walk away from them, Japan and South Korea will become nuclear weapons powers.
That's what they will do if the American defense agreements wither away, which is why we have to rebuild the military.
TRUMP: I never said walk away. I wouldn't want to walk away. I want them to pay us much more money.
RUBIO: How much?
TRUMP: A lot. I'll negotiate a lot more money than you'll ever get.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Free Trade:
Instead of trade war against Mexico, bring jobs home
TRUMP: We have a trade deficit with Mexico of $58 billion a year. We're going to make them pay for that wall. The wall is $10 billion to $12 billion.
I don't mind trade wars when we're losing $58 billion a year. Mexico is taking our businesses. They de-value their currencies to such an extent that our businesses cannot compete with them, our workers lose their jobs.
You wouldn't know anything about it because you're a lousy businessman. RUBIO: About the trade war -- I don't understand, because your ties and the clothes are made in Mexico and in China.
You're going to start a trade war against your own ties and suits. Why don't you make them in America?
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Government Reform:
The Constitution is not a living and breathing document
Q: You have said that religious liberty will trump even the ability of people to stay away from same-sex marriages, not provide flowers, not provide baked goods, etc.RUBIO: The next president of the United States has to fill this vacancy of
Justice Scalia -- in the history of the republic, there has never been anyone better than him at standing for the principle that the Constitution is not a living and breathing document -- it is supposed to be applied as originally meant.
And the next president of the United States has to be someone that you can trust and believe in to appoint someone just as good as Scalia -- plus there may be at least two other vacancies.
I have a doubt about whether Donald Trump, if he becomes president, will replace Justice Scalia with someone just like Justice Scalia.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Health Care:
Let people decide how to spend health care dollars
Repeal ObamaCare and replace it with a system that puts Americans in charge of their health care. If your employer wants to buy insurance for you, they can do so from any company they want. Otherwise, your employers can provide you health care money,
tax-free, and you can use that money only for health care. If you don't have that, you will have a refundable tax credit that provides you money to buy your own.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Homeland Security:
US security is more important than Apple
Q: What about the government requiring Apple to unlock an Apple iPhone used by a terrorist?CRUZ: Apple should be forced to comply with the court order because a search and seizure is reasonable if it has judicial authorization and probable cause.
RUBIO: The only thing they're being asked to do, is allow us to disable the self- destruct mode that's in the Apple phone so that we can try to guess using our own systems what the password of this killer was.
Apple doesn't want to do it because they think it hurts their brand. Well, let me tell you, their brand is not superior to the national security of the United States of America.
KASICH:
The president should have convened a meeting with Apple and our security forces. You lock the door and you say you're not coming out until you reach an agreement that both gives the security people what they need and protects the rights of Americans.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Immigration:
45% of the problem is visa over-stays
When I'm president, before we do anything on immigration, we are going to secure the border. And, that's not just the physical border with Mexico, it's visa overstays.
That's 45 percent of the problem. That's why we need e-verify, and entry-exit tracking system, and so-forth. Until that happens, we're not doing anything else. Then we'll see what the American people are willing to support.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Immigration:
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is unconstitutional
Q: DACA is a program that has protected young people, brought to the U.S. by undocumented immigrants.RUBIO: DACA is an executive order that is unconstitutional. I will cancel it on my first day in office, which means people who currently hold those
permits will not be allowed to renew them, and new people will not be allowed to apply for them. I am sympathetic to the plight of someone who came here when they were 2 years old, but you can't solve it doing something that is unconstitutional.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Principles & Values:
Do we prey on anger & fears, or hopes & dreams?
We have to find our identity as a party and a movement. Thirty-six years ago, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush began the Reagan Revolution. They defined conservatism as limited government, free enterprise, and a strong national defense.
They also appealed to our hopes and dreams. We have to decide if we are still that kind of party, or if we're going to become a party that preys on people's angers and fears. I hope we remain that movement that appeals to our hopes and dreams.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
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