Marco Rubio Focuses on Haiti

From his perch as chairman of the U.S. Senate Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., held a hearing on Haiti on Wednesday. 

In his opening remarks, Rubio insisted Haiti was important to the Sunshine State and the entire hemisphere. 

“I believe Haiti is of vital interest to Florida, the United States and the entire Western Hemisphere,” Rubio said. “When Haiti is stable and prosperous, America benefits. When Haiti is unstable, unsecure and lacking in opportunity for its people, it creates vacuums where criminal gangs – or worse – can operate. And it can lead to migratory pressures in the U.S. – or disastrous and deadly tragedies on the high seas.”

Rubio tackled mismanaged aid to Haiti and that nation’s upcoming August elections at the hearing.