Standing record · Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio: what he said and how he voted
Secretary of State since 2025; U.S. Senator from Florida from 2011 to 2025. Each episode pairs a statement with every recorded Senate roll call on the same measure.
The episodes
- 2016-05-17
He asked for $1.9 billion against Zika, said he would take less, and voted that way
In May 2016 Marco Rubio told the Senate to pass the full $1.9 billion the White House wanted against Zika. This page holds his words from that morning and all 15 roll calls he cast as the money shrank to $1.1 billion and became law in September. 22 roll calls
- 2013-06-09
He promised security before green cards. His five votes kept exactly that order.
As a Gang of Eight author, Marco Rubio drew one careful line in 2013: security measures before permanent status, not before provisional legal status. His votes on S. 744 track that line. The broader 'security first' impression many listeners took away is a separate question, and this page keeps the two apart. 18 roll calls
The vote lists are generated from the Senate’s roll-call XML. Statements link to their checked source bytes. These pages show what was said and what was voted, without assigning motive.