Marco Rubio Addresses Florida's Still-Rising Unemployment Rate

Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, the Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate, weighed in on the announcement made earlier on Friday that Floridas unemployment rate grew to 11.7 percent in August.

Todays jobs report is another blow to the over 1 million Floridians who are looking for any glimmer of hope that they will soon find work, said Rubio. As evidence of Washingtons failure continues to mount, I grow increasingly confident that what our state and nation need are leaders who will go to Washington, stand up to its big spending culture and offer a clear alternative. In Floridas Senate race, Im the only candidate offering a clear alternative to the Washington agenda of higher taxes, more debt and bigger government that has failed to put people back to work. In a few short hours, that will be clearly evident during my first debate with Charlie Crist and Kendrick Meek on Univision.

Its clear Washington politicians refuse to listen to Americas business men and women, who are worried about the crippling effect of more debt, higher taxes, and anti-growth policies like cap-and-trade energy taxes and card check, added Rubio. If they stopped and listened to the real job creators in America, they would quickly learn that the reason theres a reluctance to invest in their businesses and create new jobs is because the policies coming out of Washington today are crippling the free enterprise system in America.The American people are running out of patience, and its clear those in charge need to be run out of Washington for leaving us with nothing but more debt.