IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Rubio Talks Economy And Special Session On MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown”
Marco Rubio Talks Special Session
MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown”
July 19, 2010
Rubio: We Need To Get The Economy Growing And Am Proud To Have NFIB Endorsement
Rubio: “But the bottom line is the best thing we can do for people who are unemployed is grow the private sector, have economic growth and that’s what we’ve been campaigning about down here: what can we do to get the private sector excited about the future of America’s economy. In just a few moments, I’m going to get the endorsement of the NFIB, the voice of small business in America. They’re the first ones that will tell you that the policies coming out of Washington have created uncertainty in the private sector and new jobs aren’t being created. So, the best thing we can do for the unemployed in the United States and here in Florida is to have private sector job growth and we need policies from Washington that will help foster that.”
Rubio: Gulf Oil Spill Shouldn’t Be A Political Prop
Rubio: “First of all, let me clarify something. Offshore drilling on Florida’s waters is illegal in Florida. It’s not a moratorium—the statute’s prohibited. You’d have to change the law in order to do that. And since the legislature’s not going back into session until November and no one in the legislature is promoting that now, even though leaders and Charlie Crist supported offshore drilling in Florida’s waters as recently as five months ago. So there’s no imminent danger of there ever being offshore drilling on Florida’s waters. As far as what should be done, I think they’re headed in the right direction. Both the Senate President and the Speaker of the House have said they’re going to appoint a work group, they’re going to come back in September and they’re going to have a special session where they’re going to look at things like property tax relief, sales tax holidays and other economic measures that they can take to help the region to be revitalized. But they want to do it in a serious and thoughtful way that they know will be effective. They don’t want to use the Gulf oil spill the way Charlie Crist does as a political photo-op, as an opportunity to get continued camera time and using the suffering of the region as a prop for his own campaign.”
