FLORIDA - SENATOR MARCO RUBIO eNEWSLETTER

 

This Week in the Office of Senator Marco Rubio  On Wednesday, I published an op-ed on Inside Sources making the case for my new ONSHORE Manufacturing Act . Read the op-ed here .  On Tuesday, I published an op-ed in Fox News warning of the impending disaster at the southern border whene President Biden ends Title 42 enforcement. Read the op-ed here .  Last Saturday, I published an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times explaining how national teacher unions have influenced President Joe Biden to defund charter schools. Read the op-ed here .  Last Thursday, I joined Pensacola’s Channel 3 to discuss domestic oil production, American manufacturing, the border crisis, and more. Watch the full interview here .    On Wednesday, I released a statement following reports that McKinsey & Company “repeatedly allowed employees who served pharmaceutical companies, including opioid makers, to also consult for the F.D.A., the drug industry’s primary government regulator.” Read more here .  On Wednesday, I issued a statement regarding the U.S. State Department’s annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices . Read more here .  On Monday, I sent a letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough demanding answers following the department’s vague and evasive response to my January 5, 2022 letter about the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, which provides stipends to veterans for caregiving. Read more here .  On Monday, as Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman, I led Republican committee member Senators Richard Burr (R-NC), James Risch (R-ID), Susan Collins (R-ME), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Ben Sasse (R-NE) in sending a letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines urging increased intelligence sharing with the Ukrainians. Read more here .  Last Friday, I joined 24 senators and 46 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in sending a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding the U.S. Department of Justice investigate the deaths of babies whose remains were found in a Washington, D.C. home. There is a possibility the babies were the victims of illegal partial-birth aboritions or infanticide. Read more here . In Case You Missed It… “Senator Marco Rubio agreed and in May of 2020 he sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge… Silver Oaks Apartments had a failing score of 40 out of 100 in March of 2020. In a recent statement, a representative with Rubio's office said HUD inspected the property in June of 2020 and passed the inspections with a score of 66 out of 100. That is six points above failing. They said HUD has yet to send them a follow-up letter about the inspection and said Rubio's office continues to monitor the property.” (Tampa apartment complex leaving residents sick and concerned, WFTS Tampa Bay , 4/12/2022) “Rubio: Federal agencies should immediately cut ties with McKinsey” (The Hill , 4/13/2022)  “Rubio, Mast Blame Biden for Record Inflation Numbers” (The Floridian , 4/12/2022) “Nearly 70 Republican lawmakers, including two from Florida, are demanding that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland investigate the case of five aborted babies who may have been victims of a partial-birth abortion, which has been illegal under federal law since 2003… Among them were Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Rep. Michael Waltz of St. Augustine.” (Republican Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into 5 Babies Recovered From D.C. Abortion Clinic, Tampa Free Press , 4/12/2022) “‘We remain deeply concerned that not enough is being done to share critical intelligence that would assist the Ukrainians as Russian forces move to secure territory in the southern and eastern parts of the country,’ wrote Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the top Republican on the committee, alongside his seven other party colleagues.” (Scoop: Senate GOP wants more intel shared with Ukraine, Axios , 4/11/2022) “Marco Rubio Wants to Develop Rare Earth Metallurgy Manufacturing Facilities in the U.S.” (Florida Daily , 4/11/2022) “Marco Rubio Introduces Bill to Help Uyghurs Targeted by Chinese Regime” (Florida Daily , 4/12/2022) “Marco Rubio Leads Senate Republicans in Calling for Sharing More Intelligence With Ukraine” (Florida Daily , 4/13/2022) “Marco Rubio Introduces Bill to Help Uyghurs Targeted by Chinese Regime” (Florida Daily , 4/12/2022) “Florida’s Senators Urge Biden to Help Israel Defend Itself From Iran” (Florida Daily , 4/12/2022) Coming up… My staff will host Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their communities. More information and locations near you here.  Keep up with me on Facebook and Twitter.