FLORIDA - SENATOR MARCO RUBIO eNEWSLETTER 10/15/2020

 

This Week in the Office of Senator Marco Rubio  On Wednesday, I joined Dr. Andrew Abela, Dean of Catholic University’s Busch School of Business, for a discussion on faith, common good capitalism, and the dignity of work at the 2020 Principled Entrepreneurship Conference. Read more here.    On Thursday, I urged Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai to reexamine Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in light of specific and egregious instances of censorship and partisan content moderation by social media companies, especially Facebook and Twitter. Read more here.    On Friday, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, I sent a letter to Charles Scharf, Chief Executive Officer and President of Wells Fargo, following recent reports that the bank fired more than 100 employees for allegedly defrauding the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. The letter follows my continued oversight of the small business COVID-19 recovery programs. Read more here . Last Saturday, I joined Watters’ World to discuss court-packing, the filibuster, and Florida’s role in this year’s presidential election. Watch the full interview here.     On Wednesday, I joined The LIBRE Initiative during Hispanic Heritage Month to highlight the role Hispanic Americans play in our nation as well as the importance of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which I co-authored as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Watch the full interview here.    In Case You Missed It... “Rubio Discusses His Faith and Policy Making” (The Floridian, 10/15/20) “Marco Rubio Wants to Expand PPP, Insists It Helps Minority-Owned Small Businesses” (Florida Daily, 10/14/20)   “Several lawmakers have made various proposals to amend [Section 230], including Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), whose Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act aims to hold Internet companies accountable for censoring political speech and hiding content created by competitors.” (Trump Calls for Section 230 Repeal After Facebook, Twitter Curb Distribution of Biden Story, The Epoch Times, 10/15/20)  “U.S. should try to delay IPO of China's Ant Group, Senator Rubio says” (Reuters, 10/09/20) Keep up with me on Facebook and Twitter.