This Week in the Office of Senator Marco Rubio On Friday, I released a video discussing the events this week at the U.S. Capitol and how our nation must move forward. Watch the video here.  On Wednesday, I spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the certification of the Electoral College votes. Watch my remarks here.  On Wednesday, I joined Tucker Carlson on Fox News to discuss the violence at the U.S. Capitol. Watch the interview here. 
On Thursday, I joined The Story with Martha MacCallum to discuss America’s path forward in the aftermath of the U.S. Capitol protests. Watch the interview here.  On Thursday, I joined Oscar Haza on Mega TV to discuss the protests and security failures which occurred at the U.S. Capitol, the confirmation of the Electoral College votes, and the future of our nation and the Republican Party. Watch the first part of the interview here and the second part here.  On Wednesday, I released a statement after the Trump Administration signed an Executive Order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Alipay, CamScanner, QQ Wallet, SHAREit, Tencent QQ, VMate, WeChat Pay, and WPS Office. Read more here. 
On Wednesday, I released a statement after the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — in a complete reversal of an earlier announcement due to misguided, erroneous guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department — made clear that the exchange will move forward with its plan to delist China’s large telecom carriers: China Mobile Ltd., China Telecom Corp., and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. The delisting action comes after the President issued an Executive Order to prohibit U.S. investments in firms that are on the U.S. Department of Defense lists of Communist Chinese military companies. Read more here.  Last Friday, I released a statement after the Senate voted to override President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. Read more here.  Last Monday, I released a statement expressing my support for increasing the amount of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) to Americans in need from $600 to $2,000. Read more here.  On Wednesday, I joined Senators Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Ben Cardin (D-MD), Todd Young (R-IN), Ed Markey (D-MA), James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Coons (D-DE), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mark Warner (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) in applauding the Senate’s recent passage of our resolution calling on the Government of Cameroon and separatist armed groups from the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions to end all violence, respect the human rights of all Cameroonians, and participate in genuinely inclusive international mediation toward resolving the ongoing civil conflict in Anglophone Cameroon. Read more here.  Last December, I urged U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to take action addressing China’s domination of the rare-earth element supply chain in response to President Trump's September 30, 2020 Executive Order, Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain from Reliance on Critical Minerals from Foreign Adversaries. Read more here. 
In Case You Missed It...“Marco Rubio Delivers Powerful Speech After Rioting in Capitol: ‘I Think Politics Has Made Us Crazy!’” (Faithwire, 01/07/21) “Florida Republicans Rubio and Buchanan oppose challenge to Electoral College vote” (Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 01/07/21) “Florida Sen. Marco Rubio Calls Capitol Siege ‘One Of The Saddest Days In History’ and ‘National Embarrassment’” (CBS 4 Miami, 01/07/21) “Cotton, Rubio Condemn Republicans Who Opposed Electoral Certification ‘For Political Advantage’” (National Review, 01/07/21) “‘I Don’t Think It Does Any Good For Anybody’: Rubio Pans Biden Speech” (Daily Caller, 01/07/21) “Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) on Wednesday blamed the department for issuing erroneous guidance that led the NYSE to temporarily walk back its delisting.” (NYSE Reverses Course Again, Will Delist Three Chinese Telecom Stocks, Wall Street Journal, 01/06/21) “Marco Rubio Helps Get Resolution Condemning Violence in Anglophone Cameroon Through Senate” (Florida Daily, 01/07/21) “Marco Rubio: Interior Department Needs to Address Supply Chain Reliance on Rare Earth Minerals From China” (Florida Daily, 12/29/20) | 
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