Marco Rubio

Top Donors

Marco Rubio is a candidate for the 2016 Republican Presidential nomination. He currently serves as the Junior U.S. Senator from Florida. He previously served as the speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. Here is a list of his top donors over the course of his political career, ranging from 2009-2015.[[1]]

1. Club for Growth-$362,826

2. Elliott Management-$117,620

3. Senate Conservatives Fund-$105,494

4. Goldman Sachs-$90,642

5. Florida Crystals-$81,100

6. MCM Corp-$58,400

7. NextEra Energy-$44,290

8. Koch Industries-$42,200

9. Sun Capital Partners-$41,600

10. GEO Group-$41,500

On Climate Change

Rubio has evolved on the issue of climate change, running toward the right wing, climate change denying faction of the Republican Party as his national prominence has grown. In 2007, Rubio, then a member of the Florida Legislature said about the issue of climate change. "Global warming, dependence on foreign sources of fuel, and capitalism have come together to create opportunities for us that were unimaginable just a few short years ago...Florida has the opportunity to pursue bold energy policies, not just because they are good for our environment, but because people can actually make money at doing it. This nation, and ultimately the world, is headed towards emission caps and energy diversification." 2007 [[2]]

However, by 2009, Rubio had walked back his initial views on climate change, stating: "I'm not a scientist. I'm not qualified to make that decision. There's a significant scientific dispute about that [climate change]." 2009 [[3]]

"I don't think there's the scientific evidence to justify it [climate change]," 2010 [[4]]

By 2014, Rubio had gone even farther along the climate change denial spectrum saying, "I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it," he said. "And I do not believe that the laws that they propose we pass will do anything about it. Except it will destroy our economy." 2014 [[5]]

"Humans are not responsible for climate change in the way some of these people out there are trying to make us believe, for the following reason: I believe the climate is changing because there’s never been a moment where the climate is not changing. The question is, what percentage of that … is due to human activity? If we do the things they want us to do, cap-and-trade, you name it, how much will that change the pace of climate change versus how much will that cost to our economy? Scientists can’t tell us what impact it would have on reversing these changes, but I can tell you with certainty, it would have a devastating impact on our economy." 2015 on Face The Nation [[6]]

Key Votes

Fast Track trade authority: Yes.

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Other Wikis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Rubio

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Marco_Rubio

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/rubio_marco