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Rubio: ‘I do not have trust in Washington DC’
Washington Examiner ^ | 5/22/2013 | Byron York

Posted on 05/23/2013 7:54:20 AM PDT by Qbert

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 DC 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 DC. 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, DC.

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 ten 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.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amnesty; illegalimmigration; rubio; shamnesty
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To: Qbert
Ooh, I love to dance a little sidestep
Now they see me, now they don't, I've come and gone
And ooh, I love to sweep around the wide step
Cut a little swath and lead the people on

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/the-best-little-whorehouse-in-texas/the-governor-sings-about-the-whorehouse/#!quotes/

21 posted on 05/23/2013 8:09:09 AM PDT by taildragger (( Tighten the 5 point harness and brace for Impact Freepers, ya know it's coming..... ))
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To: Qbert

What a tool this idiot is.

A “Useful idiot” if ever there was one.


22 posted on 05/23/2013 8:09:15 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: PieterCasparzen

Never trust the comb-over


23 posted on 05/23/2013 8:12:53 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Qbert
Marco, you don't trust Washington either. Could this really mean that you think they are watching you, too. Now, you are concerned! What about that 800 page amnesty bill. Not buying it. I think if you do not get away from this amnesty bill, you are finished. It's becoming hard to even see you on the TV. What does that say? Your let's get this done has hurt you badly. Someone behind the curtain is fully pleased that you took the bait. It didn't take you long to fool out/or sell out. Yes, reform is needed like securing the border. Now. versus your trigger dates. Shame on this foolish agenda. The mask is not working any longer. Denounce the bill, Marco.
24 posted on 05/23/2013 8:12:58 AM PDT by Christie at the beach (Obama: Cover-up in chief.)
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To: bmwcyle

amen


25 posted on 05/23/2013 8:13:33 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: FlingWingFlyer
 photo gangof8_zpsffc44942.jpg As long as he remains a gangster, he should STFU.
26 posted on 05/23/2013 8:14:09 AM PDT by RetSignman ("...a Republic if you can keep it")
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To: Qbert
Rubio: I'm just one of you..., honest!

No, actually you're not.

27 posted on 05/23/2013 8:14:18 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Funny thing happened on the way to the Constitution burning, Lefties rights were violated...)
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To: Still Thinking

Exactly!!! What a f—king sham this guy turned out to be!


28 posted on 05/23/2013 8:14:22 AM PDT by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Qbert

“Day is done, gone the sun, off of Marco......”


29 posted on 05/23/2013 8:14:49 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Qbert

Marco,
It is OK not trust the Republicans.
Heck, I sure don’t trust YOU.


30 posted on 05/23/2013 8:15:17 AM PDT by Tupelo (The Government lies, then the media lies to cover up the government lies.)
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To: RetSignman
B T T T ! ! ! ©

31 posted on 05/23/2013 8:15:26 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: ScottinVA

"Yet he’s trying to encourage us to believe in the government’s will and ability to track illegals, secure the border, deny illegals benefits, ensure they don’t vote, pay a fine, etc. We wants US to trust D.C.... while he doesn’t?"

Yep. The IRS has been flagrantly violating the law, the administration is spying on journalist's parents, etc., etc.... but we should somehow trust the Feds on this?

32 posted on 05/23/2013 8:16:13 AM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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ABOLISH THE IRS!


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33 posted on 05/23/2013 8:17:01 AM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Qbert
Rubio: ‘I do not have trust in Washington DC’

"But I propose to give them a multitude of sweeping new powers anyway."


34 posted on 05/23/2013 8:17:13 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Obama-Ville - Land of The Freebies, Home of the Enslaved)
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To: Qbert

Hey Marco, your amnesty bill is one BIG reason people don’t trust Washington.


35 posted on 05/23/2013 8:17:23 AM PDT by SCHROLL
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To: Qbert

Never would have thought Rubio’s just Sen Cruz’s mini-me.


36 posted on 05/23/2013 8:18:18 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Rubio is a traitor to Republicans and Conservatives.

In 2010, seeking election, he said he was against amnesty. Now, he is Schumer’s salesman promoting amnesty.

We must oppose Rubio in every election, as he has proven to be a liar who can never be trusted.


37 posted on 05/23/2013 8:22:00 AM PDT by Oak Grove (H)
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To: Qbert
Hey Rubio...here's a clue for you......

If you find yourself up to your neck in hose$hit....the horse has left the barn already.

Better start checking the want ads, cause you haven't shown one bit of difference between you and Charlie Crist.

38 posted on 05/23/2013 8:22:51 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: Qbert

I don’t trust Rubio, any more than he trusts the Government.

Plus he is stupid.

We all see what giving Health care power to Sebelius in the Obamacare fiasco is doing, now this simple mother lover wants to give more power to the Homeland Security administration.

he is either stupid or in on the war against America.


39 posted on 05/23/2013 8:23:49 AM PDT by Venturer
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To: Qbert

Satire.


40 posted on 05/23/2013 8:25:02 AM PDT by TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl
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