There is nothing to regret with a job well done.
Joe Garcia
The reason there's not a dictatorship in Chile and that there's a democracy in South Africa and Portugal today - and that Haiti has a nascent democracy - is that the world community as a whole felt outraged. This is the reason Milosevic sits in a jail in The Hague. It's because the world has said, 'Enough.'
Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.
Scandals, corruption, partisan infighting - no wonder people have lost faith in Congress. I say enough is enough.
The truth is that the driver in policy is not the relationship between the United States and Cuba, but the relationship between Cubans, and that is far stronger than 50 years of intragovernment hostility.
I've been a loud voice as a Democratic leader for years, but that's not my job now. My job is to represent fishermen and farmers - everyone.
What you haven't seen from me are false attacks.
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.
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.
To say that I could manipulate one of the men who has shown the most courage before the Cuban government, who gets beaten every day, who did a hunger strike that freed political prisoners... I think that's absurd.
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.
In undergraduate school, I chose a career path that always leads to certain unemployment: I majored in politics and public affairs with a double-minor in philosophy and history.
If you give everybody a good government job, there's no crime.
Right here at home, we have seen what happens when a politician breaks that public trust, when they are dishonest and corrupt.
The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.
The last time the Diaz-Balarts were removed from power, it took a revolution, and we ended up with Fidel Castro.
More people die on a yearly basis crossing the Florida Straits than ever died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.
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.
I worked for the Cuban American National Foundation for years.
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.
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.
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.
The Elian events were shocking to Cubans because we were the fair-haired boys of the Cold War. The problem is, the Cold War ended.
I will never be done with South Florida.
Cubans have no bar to being legalized once they are in America. All other Hispanics - with the exception of Puerto Ricans - have to go through a broken, dysfunctional process. One group is American from day one. And all the rest are trying to be.
We have all seen Washington politicians fail us.
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.
John Kerry's record on Cuba is pretty bad.
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.
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.
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.
I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.
Sending $300 to your grandma in Cuba doesn't change the dynamic with Castro.
There is nothing that I didn't get to do while I was serving in Congress - except be in the majority.
People in Cuba are victims.
Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality.
The reality is that people know my character, and they know my service.
We deserve quality jobs that pay a living wage, lower college tuition, action on climate change, and comprehensive immigration reform.
I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.
We have to be realistic: we are not going to be able to deport 11 million people - most are hard-working people.
As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.
I think what we have to do is speak about the issues and speak about my record.
I have Obamacare; trust me - it's not perfect.
I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.
What we did was make it easier for people to subscribe to and expand Obamacare.
The Koch brothers spent millions against me.
The Koch brothers are spending more money against me than I've been able to raise.
The poorest guy in Miami lives better than much of the power elite in Havana.
I've got these high negatives because the Koch brothers have spent a year attacking me.
My grandfather died under house arrest.
