On February 12, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered the Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. The video of Sen. Rubio’s remarks can be found here.
Sen. Rubio highlighted the role of education programs in helping middle-class families: “Helping the middle-class grow will require an education system that gives people the skills today’s jobs entail and the knowledge that tomorrow’s world will require…And we need to give all parents, especially the parents of children with special needs, the opportunity to send their children to the school of their choice.”
In addressing the issue of government spending, Sen. Rubio highlighted several domestic programs, including Medicare. He noted that Medicare “provided the care [my father] needed to battle cancer and ultimately die with dignity. And it pays for the care my mother receives right now. I would never support any changes to Medicare that would hurt seniors like my mother. But anyone who’s in favor of leaving Medicare exactly the way it is right now is in favor of bankrupting it. Republicans have offered a detailed and credible plan that helps save Medicare without hurting today’s retirees.”
