Marco Rubio Calls for New GOP Senate to Back 'Reform Agenda'

With Republicans taking over the U.S. Senate in Tuesdays elections, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a potential presidential hopeful for the GOP in 2016, called for backing a reform agenda he was pushing.

Voters across the country have sent a clear message that they are not ready to give up on the American dream, Rubio said on Wednesday. The American people have elected a new crop of reformers to go to Washington, end the dysfunction and achieve real solutions to the many obstacles standing in the way of all people who are trying to achieve a better life.

I hope President Obama will listen carefully to the message the American people sent him in this election, and work with Congress to solve the pressing issues facing all Americans. The American people deserve it, Rubio added. In the coming months, I look forward to working in a Senate Republican majority to advance the reform agenda Ive presented this year to promote job creation and higher education, help people save for retirement, improve our anti-poverty programs, and rebuild and modernize our military to meet the challenges well face throughout this century.