Marco Rubio

Along with up-to-date political coverage, The Floridian takes the opportunity to write about senior U.S. Senator Marco Rubio. Read more here!
Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) and their colleagues wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken concerning passport backlogs and delays. According to the letter, residents of the states of Florida, Texas, Idaho, Wyoming, Alabama, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Tennessee have complained about this issue. The senators called the passport fiasco […]
Florida Senator Marco Rubio (R) has introduced the Import Security and Fairness Act.
As the Sunshine State enters into hurricane season, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is expected to run out of funds after the first week of August. As hurricane season runs from June to November, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced legislation to address the looming problem. The Disaster Relief Fund […]
As the war in eastern Europe rages on between Russia and Ukraine, Americans around the country are starting to question whether their taxpayer dollars should be funding a conflict over 5,000 miles away. Moreover, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) believes that the federal government could be cooking the books when it comes to just how much […]
While the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump rocked the country internally, foreign policy issues abroad continue to mount. Recently, 24 Chinese aircraft flew dangerously close to Taiwan, with ten crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait. China has acted with increased aggression over the past several years, including talks with Cuba to […]
You may’ve heard of the apparel brand, Shein. Known for its cheap clothing mostly catered to women, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is looking to make sure that his colleagues in the upper chamber are aware of the company’s origins and actions. According to Sen. Rubio’s recent press release, Shein – a company founded in China […]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has introduced the Veterans Homecare Choice Act which looks to make it easier for those who’ve served to receive home care. Since the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) decided to not include nurse registries in the Community Care Network (CCN), some veterans have struggled to find the care they need. […]
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) has thrown his hat into the 2024 Presidential Election, further crowding the GOP primary. Fox News anchor Bret Baier suggested Christie will do well on the debate stage against former President Donald Trump since he "ended" Senator Marco Rubio's (R-FL) 2016 Presidential run after the New Hampshire primary and […]
Senators Rick Scott (R-FL), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced their intention to designate June 2nd as National Rough Riders Day. During the Spanish-American War, the 1st United States Volunteer Calvary, also known as the Rough Riders, was a regiment based out of Tampa that fought in the Spanish-American War, including the siege […]
Rubio argues that the U.S. needs to develop stronger medical supply chains.
Forbes has found evidence of American TikTok creators' financial information, such as Social Security numbers, stored on Chinese servers despite claims by the app's CEO Shou Chew that China did not have access to such information. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a long-time advocate for banning TikTok, demanded Attorney General Merrick Garland investigate Chew for perjury. During the […]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and other Senate Republicans are urging transparency regarding the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. Less than a month before the 2020 general election, the New York Post published a damning story concerning the contents on the laptop of the son of President Joe Biden (D). To discredit the story as “Russian disinformation,” […]
Human trafficking remains one of the chief problems at the southern border. Should the Biden Administration halt familial DNA testing for migrant children, the problem would only worsen. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently wrote a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas demanding familial testing remain in place. Sen. Rubio highlighted statistics from the Homeland Security Inspector General showing 8.5 […]
Religious conservatives and pro-Catholic individuals thought they had secured a win in the ongoing “culture war” after the Los Angeles Dodgers shared that they would renounce their invitation of “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” to their Pride Night event in June. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was one of – if not the – most outspoken […]
Controversially, the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of the most prominent teams in Major League Baseball (MLB), announced that they would be giving a “Community Hero Award” to the LA chapter of The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence during pride month (June). However, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke out against the decision to hand out the award, […]
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is looking to update the algorithms that determine the budgeting for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education sector; the algorithm currently used disfavors fast-growing states like Florida, due to the notion that SNAP-Ed relies on spending data from 2009. To accomplish this goal, Sen. Rubio has introduced the SNAP Education […]
U.S. Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio, along with a cadre of their colleagues, have reintroduced the Combating Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Act. The legislation aims to fortify the economic standing of Israel against the BDS movement, a global campaign seeking to delegitimize the Jewish state through economic measures. The BDS movement has been […]
Did the COVID-19 virus really come from a Wuhan, China, laboratory? Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently released a 328-page report suggesting as such after two years of research. Titled "A Complex and Grave Situation," Sen. Rubio traced the origins of COVID-19 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, where it was accidentally released thanks to a lack of […]
