Secretary of State Nominee Marco Rubio Opening Statement
Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio delivers his opening statement at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
SEN. RUBIO
THANK YOU RANKING MEMBER, SENATOR SHAHEEN, THANK YOU SENATOR SCOTT FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION. IT IS SURREAL TO BE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, BUT YOU ALL LOOK VERY DISTINGUISHED. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT. [LAUGHTER]
IN THE 200 49-YEAR HISTORY OF OUR REPUBLIC THERE HAVE ONLY BEEN 71 OTHER AMERICANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ROLE, THE POSITION THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOW NOMINATED ME TO OCCUPY. I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS CONFIDENCE. IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR. AS MANY OF YOU HAVE POINTED OUT, IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY RESPONSIBILITY. THREE OF MY CHILDREN, AMANDA, ANTHONY, DOMINIC COULD NOT BE WITH US TODAY OR JOIN US IN PERSON, BUT I'M HAPPY THAT MY WIFE JEANETTE IS HERE AND MY DAUGHTER IS HERE WITH ME AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW EACH OF YOU KNOW WELL THAT IT REALLY IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO OUR JOB IN THE SENATE, NOT TO MENTION THE JOB THAT I HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR, WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILIES. I AM PLEASED THAT MY SISTERS, BARBARA AND VERONICA, AND MY NEPHEW ORLANDO ARE JOINING US TODAY. IT IS A REMINDER THAT THE PATH THAT BRINGS ME TO THIS MOMENT WAS PAVED BY THOSE WHO ARE NOT WITH US TODAY.
MY TWO PARENTS WHO ARRIVED ON MAY 27 1956 FROM CUBA AND HAD NOTHING BUT THE DREAMS OF A BETTER LIFE, AND BECAUSE OF THEM I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE BORN A CITIZEN OF THE GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND AND TO BE RAISED IN A SAFE, STABLE HOME BY PARENTS WHO MADE THEIR CHILDREN'S FUTURE THE VERY PURPOSE OF THEIR LIVES. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAS BESTOWED UPON ME IN MY LIFE. MY FAITH IS CRITICAL AND SOMETHING THAT I WILL RELY ON HEAVILY IN THE MONTHS AHEAD IN A TUMULTUOUS WORLD WHERE IN MY FAITH WE ARE CALLED TO PROMOTE PEACE AND THE COMMON GOOD AND THAT TASK HAS GOTTEN HARDER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN. I WILL RELY HEAVILY ON MY FAITH AND PLAY FOR GOD'S -- PRAY FOR GOD'S BLESSINGS THAT HE WILL PROVIDE ME THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THESE TENUOUS MOMENTS.
AT THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR THE UNITED STATES WAS, IN THE WORDS OF THEN SECRETARY OF STATE, TASKED WITH CREATING AN ORDER, A WORLD ORDER, A FREE HALF, OUT OF CHAOS WITHOUT BLOWING TO PIECES, WITHOUT BLOWING THE WHOLE OF THE WORLD TO PIECES IN THE PROCESS. IN THE DECADES THE GLOBAL ORDER SERVED AS WELL. AMERICAN'S INCOMES ROSE, ALLIANCES ROSE IN THE INDO PACIFIC THAT LED TO THE EMERGENCE OF STABILITY, DEMOCRACY, AND PROSPERITY IN THESE REGIONS. [PROTESTER
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P.S.
Rubio has three siblings: older brother Mario, older sister Barbara (married to Orlando Cicilia), and younger sister Veronica (formerly married to entertainer Carlos Ponce).[15] Growing up, his family was Catholic, though from age 8 to age 11 he and his family attended the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while living in Las Vegas.[16] During those years in Nevada, his father worked as a bartender at Sam's Town Hotel and his mother as a housekeeper at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino.[17] He received his first communion as a Catholic in 1984 before moving back to Miami with his family a year later. He was confirmed and later married in the Catholic Church.[18][19]
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio)
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