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As the second-largest ethnic group in the United States and the sixth-largest economy in the world, Hispanics do not need special treatment. We just need equal treatment. Consider the issue of voter ID laws, which...

Last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., joined U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., and Republican colleagues in an amicus brief in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, calling for the Supreme Court...

This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., showcased his support of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz’s, R-Texas, proposal to “disrupt illicit gold mining and trafficking of other precious metals that are commonly used to fund...

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by 14 of his Senate colleagues, including Florida’s two U.S. senators, to draw attention to the Ortega regime’s...

Rubio was joined by U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, Mike Rounds, R-SD, Joe Manchin, D-WV, Susan Collins, R-Maine, Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and John Thune, R-SD, in sending a letter to U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee  Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. and Vice Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., urging them to support Israel’s emergency request of “$1 billion in security assistance in order to replenish and prepare its Iron Dome missile defense system for a future conflict.” 

Rubio joined U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., Ben Cardin, D-Mary., Bob Menendez, D-NJ, Mark Warner, D-Va., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in urging the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to complete its investigation of Cuban human rights advocate Oswaldo Payá, who died nearly nine years ago, without further delay.

This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, joined a dozen senators in calling on President Joe Biden to do more to help that South American nation which is currently facing strikes and blockades over economic and human right issues. More than 70 people have been killed in Colombia during the protests.