This Week in the Office of Senator Marco Rubio - West Volusia ...

This Week in the Office of Senator
              Marco Rubio
On Sunday, I traveled to the Colombia-Venezuela border with the U.S. Ambassador to
the Organization of American States (OAS) Carlos Trujillo and Congressman Mario Díaz-
Balart (R-FL) to see the ongoing humanitarian aid program spearheaded by the United
States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is critical we stand with the
people of Venezuela. Read more about my trip here.

El domingo, viaje a la frontera entre Colombia y Venezuela junto al embajador de
EE.UU. ante la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Carlos Trujillo y el
congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) para conocer de primera mano el programa de
ayuda humanitaria que lidera la Agencia de Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo
Internacional (USAID). En estos momentos críticos para el pueblo de Venezuela, es
importante que sigamos apoyándolos. Lea más aquí.

During my visit to Cúcuta, Colombia, I spoke with Ana Cabrera on CNN about the
ongoing crisis in Venezuela and the critical work that is being done at the Colombian
border to get humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan people. Watch my interview here.

Durante mi viaje a Cúcuta, Colombia, hablé con Idania Chirinos de NTN24 sobre lo que
ví en la frontera colombo-venezolano. Vea la entrevista aquí.

On Tuesday, I visited with students and faculty at Tulsa Welding School in Jacksonville,
Florida. Our 21 st century economy is contingent upon our support for vocational
training and trade schools that produce skilled professionals to work in our
communities. Read more here.

On Tuesday, I had the honor of meeting with members of the St. John’s Veteran’s
Council in St. Augustine, Florida. I am committed to making sure our veterans receive
the care they deserve. Read more here.

On Wednesday, I visited Collins Aerospace in Orlando, Florida, to learn more about
Florida’s continued leadership in space innovation and exploration. Read more here.

On Thursday, I visited this week’s Senate Small Business of the Week, JL Marine
Systems in Tampa, Florida. They are an outstanding example of Florida’s innovation.
Read more here.

On Thursday, I visited Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida, to see firsthand the
important research being done to solve Florida’s water issues. Read more here.

On Thursday, I spoke with members of the Gulf Coast Builders Exchange in Sarasota,
Florida, about the great opportunities that small businesses create for their
communities in Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties. Read more here.

In Case You Missed It...
“‘The moment of truth is approaching, when they will have to decide whether they
will issue orders to their soldiers that will not be obeyed, and that they themselves
know are bad,’ Rubio said in an interview with el Nuevo Herald. ‘And they will have
to make the most important decision of their lives.’” (Venezuelan military must make
‘the most important decision of their lives,’ Rubio says, Miami Herald, 2/17/2019)

“Venezuela: Rubio advierte a militares que dejen entrar ayuda” (El Nuevo Herald,
2/17/2019)

“Rubio’s Smart Push to Change the Tax on Buybacks’ (Bloomberg, 2/19/2019)

“Rubio says it's vital to encourage training in skilled labor” (News4Jax, 2/19/2019)

“Exclusive — Sen. Marco Rubio: ‘The Chinese Effort to Supplant America Has No
Precedent’” (Breitbart, 2/20/2019)

“Last February, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio urged the company to ensure that its
products weren’t being misused. In May, the bipartisan Congressional-Executive
Commission on China—of which Mr. Rubio was then, and is, chairman—wrote a
letter asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to take steps to prevent U.S.

technology from being used for questionable practices by Chinese police, saying “the
government there is using technology, including U.S. made, to systematically
crackdown on its people.” (American Firm, Citing Ethics Code, Won’t Sell Genetic
Sequencers in Xinjiang, The Wall Street Journal, 2/20/2019)

“‘Saturday’s a day when we’re going to find a lot about the Maduro regime,’ Rubio,
who’s been helping set U.S. policy toward Venezuela, said in a telephone interview
on Wednesday. ‘I have reason to believe that rank-and-file military are not going to
violently suppress aid workers.’” (Maduro's Soldiers Have Begun Disobeying Orders,
Rubio Says, Bloomberg, 2/20/2019)

”Marco Rubio Stands Strong on China” (Breitbart, 2/19/2019)

“Marco Rubio leads bipartisan demand to get tough on Saudis” (Florida Politics,
2/17/2019)

“Si hay un legislador de Estados Unidos que haya estado jugado en su respaldo a la
causa de Juan Guaidó en Venezuela, este ha sido el senador republicano Marco
Rubio.” (‘En Congreso de EE. UU. nadie pide intervención militar en Venezuela’, El
Tiempo, 2/20/2019)

“Marco Rubio warns Venezuelan soldiers to let aid enter” (Associated Press,
2/17/2019)

“Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), an early shaper of the Trump administration's Venezuela
policy, recently returned from the Colombian border, where more than 300 metric
tons of aid are stockpiled, and told me he met with members of the Venezuelan
opposition.” (Marco Rubio on Venezuela's flash point, Axios, 2/21/2019)

“Marco Rubio llevó personalmente mensaje de Trump a militares venezolanos”
(PanAm Post, 2/18/2019)

“Marco Rubio: Algunos del gobierno de Maduro ‘van a pasar el resto de sus vidas
presos o fugitivos’” (El Nuevo Herald, 2/18/2019)

“In another development with possible implications for Eglin, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio,
R-Fla., joined Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas, Susan Collins of
Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in a letter to President Trump asking for full
funding for the F-35 procurement program.” (Virginia makes pitch for Tyndall F-22s,
NWF Daily News, 2/19/2019)

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