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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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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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Fidel Castro had to sit there while he was given a speech on democracy, something the Cuban people have not been able to hear for 43 years.
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There is nothing to regret with a job well done.
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If you give everybody a good government job, there's no crime.
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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.
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The Koch brothers spent millions against me.
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When you remove just some of the barriers, people do what people do: help their families.
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You can still do the Big Lie in Miami and get away with it. This is a town where the basic institutions have collapsed.
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I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.
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We have to be realistic: we are not going to be able to deport 11 million people - most are hard-working people.
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Thousands of people in my district need health insurance, and ACA is helping them. I'm committed to do everything I can to help people get enrolled and get covered, and that includes moving needed reforms for the bill and helping people find affordable coverage.
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Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.
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The poorest guy in Miami lives better than much of the power elite in Havana.
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The Mariel boatlift was probably one of the most strengthening events of the exile community; maybe Nietzschean, in the sense that if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.
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The growth of purposeful travel is a good thing. It can have a positive impact. We should continue to experiment and move along this line.
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Visionless status quo policy towards Latin-America, particularly towards Cuba, has turned off a lot of people, and I think it's created an opening.
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The key here is that we're not going to beat them on commercials: They're always going to have more money than us. So what we have to try to do throughout is just ask people to make sure they vote.
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The Cold War has ended for America.
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People in Cuba are victims.
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When members of this House use inflammatory language, use offensive language, it does not help the process. It is beneath the dignity of this body and this country.
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There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.
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Looking for a job, I was working with the Salvadoran American Foundation, a humanitarian aid group, and from there, I got an offer from the Cuban-American National Foundation.
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I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.