Posted on 06/19/2013 11:43:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, whose immigration reform proposal would grant far-reaching powers to the secretary of Homeland Security and other top administration officials, says he does not trust Washington to make critical decisions about the nation’s future.
Rubio made the comment Wednesday during a debate on the budget and the debt limit. He opposes including an increase in the debt limit in the new budget and wants to make sure that no increase comes out of a House-Senate conference committee. The problem, Rubio said in an impassioned floor speech, is that there has been in the past a bipartisan consensus to increase federal spending, and the debt limit along with it.
“What I am concerned about is the regular order of doing things in this city, where the debt limit has been raised consistently, without any conversation about the fact that this government borrows 40 cents out of every dollar that it spends,” Rubio said. “My concern is that I do not have trust in Washington, D.C. I don’t care who’s in charge.”
Despite that lack of trust on fiscal issues, Rubio places enormous trust in Washington when it comes to handling immigration. His 867-page reform proposal gives the secretary of Homeland Security great discretion in maintaining border security, internal enforcement, the legalization of currently illegal immigrants, and dozens of other issues. A quick search reveals that the bill uses the words "the Secretary” about 1,050 times. That’s a lot of emphasis on Washington, D.C.
And even when Rubio proposes to place power outside of Washington — as in his proposal to hand over border security to a commission if the secretary of Homeland Security has not succeeded in enforcing it — he still places a lot of trust in Washington. The commission, Rubio has said, “is not a Washington commission, made up of congressmen or bureaucrats. It’s largely led by the border state governors, who have a vested local interest in ensuring that that border is secure.” But Rubio’s bill specifies that the commission will have 10 members, of whom six will be appointed by the president or members of Congress, while the other four will be either the governor of a border state or someone the governor delegates. Even Rubio’s non-Washington commission would be a mostly Washington commission.
Perhaps in his remarks Wednesday Rubio was referring narrowly to the budget and debt ceiling, and he in fact places great trust in Washington to handle other issues. But Washington has, by general consensus, a terrible record on immigration. In coming weeks, Rubio will have to make the case that Washington should be trusted with broad new powers in handling millions of immigrants — even as he makes just the opposite case when it comes to fiscal issues.
he is in the same class and Mccain and Graham..just go away
Earth to Marco...we no longer trust you either. As for Washington, as Thumper’s mother said, “If you can’t say anything nice......”
Back to the point...Marco, just declare your brain to be dead, declare yourself a dim-bulb-crat, and then you can say whatever sequence of utterly vapid and stupid thing you want...and the press will lap it right up.
Go away. We don’t like you. We don’t want you.
And we most certainly don’t trust or believe you.
Because if he gets his way on that, a smaller, less intrusive government that takes and spends less of our money will become a completely unattainable fantasy.
So, I have concluded that all of his TEA party rhetoric are just words.
I’m looking forward to contributing to Allen West’s primary campaign.
Sorry Marco, you are part of Washington, DC now, and have proven it without question over the last few months. We no longer trust you.
BINGO
Since he took up this crusade Rubio’s public statements sound, well, silly. Like I listen and think “I wouldn’t vote for this guy for Dog Catcher”.
WTF? Does Rubio have split personalities?
One day he wants us all to believe that for the first time in ages, the federal government is going to get the immigration process and all its Rube Goldberg sub-processes exactly right, and therefore we should trust in its abilities.
And now this. Sounds more like a cheap bone to toss to the mindless masses.. “Hey, I’m one of you! I don’t trust ‘em either!”
Joining a “gang” in the Senate is a pretty poor way of showing it, now he’s stuck with it. Wave goodbye to any chance for higher office, Rubio.
“Marco the Rube”... flailing aimlessly as he sinks even deeper into the quicksand.
He’s as loco as a mierdacasa raton.
It doesn’t matter what he says now. His career is over.
Rubio has gone from promising to bad joke.
Marco, stop the Q-Tip when you feel resistance.
Plus Romney, Dole, Bush, Bush, and Nixon.
All latter-day members of the TR progressive wing...Socialism/Marxism "light"...
Got a survey from John A. Boehner....sent it back wrote on it NO MONEY the GOP was a waste of time..
yeah, well I don’t trust you anymore either Marco. So sit down and STFU and enjoy your cocktail parties with McCain and the other RINO’s.
Frankly the guy is just not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Hopefully Allen West will primary him in 2016. Too bad its not sooner.
Well Rubio, look at it this way, even though your chance at becoming the president is now gone forever and your political career is all but over, you should still be able to make a very good living at selling ice-cream. Imagine yourself driving a clown car through neighborhoods, honking and ringing bells.... see, it will be fun and you can still meet with the people.
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