Honorable Marco Rubio
United States Senator, Florida, Republican
Senator Rubio was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010. The following is from the June 26, 2012, Senate floor debate on S. 1813, the Moving Ahead for the 21st Century Act. He served on the West Miami City Commission from 1998 to 1999 and in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2009, where he was Speaker of the House from 2007 to 2009. He sits on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Foreign Relations; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Select Committee on Intelligence. Senator Rubio made the following statement on March 14, 2012, after…