Joe Garcia Quotes
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I've got the most beautiful district. I can understand why Republicans want it.
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I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.
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The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.
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As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.
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Sending $300 to your grandma in Cuba doesn't change the dynamic with Castro.
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More people die on a yearly basis crossing the Florida Straits than ever died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
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My grandfather died under house arrest.
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I've got these high negatives because the Koch brothers have spent a year attacking me.
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The world's longest-serving dictator has just stepped down and handed over power. The national project of Cuba, which was Fidel's vision, is now finished. It's something - a small something, but still something.
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I think more civil society programs, more free enterprise, more contacts with their fellow brethren in Miami - that's good for the long-term, and that's an investment in America's long-term relationship with the Cuban people, not the Cuban government.
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Scandals, corruption, partisan infighting - no wonder people have lost faith in Congress. I say enough is enough.
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John Kerry's record on Cuba is pretty bad.
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We deserve quality jobs that pay a living wage, lower college tuition, action on climate change, and comprehensive immigration reform.
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What we did was make it easier for people to subscribe to and expand Obamacare.
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We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.
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Right here at home, we have seen what happens when a politician breaks that public trust, when they are dishonest and corrupt.
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I will never be done with South Florida.
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It shows courage, and it shows commitment to move beyond the status-quo politics of rhetoric, which is all the Cuban-American community has received from any party for the last half century.
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The people who support Mr. Curbelo's campaign are people who oppose Medicare and Social Security, want to reform it to take it away from our seniors, and oppose a minimum wage.
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Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality.
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We did great things when we were in Congress, and I want to continue work on the issues that matter to South Florida, because we deserve better.
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I think what we have to do is speak about the issues and speak about my record.
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The last time the Diaz-Balarts were removed from power, it took a revolution, and we ended up with Fidel Castro.
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To help advance democracy, we need to allow for the reunification of Cuban families and the direct sending of remittances to the island's brave dissidents.