Marco Rubio Returns to the Florida House

Marco Rubio returned to the Florida House on Wednesday -- this time not as the House speaker but as a U.S. senator and an up-and-coming star who has caught the attention of conservatives and Republicans across the nation.

Today is indeed a great day for the Florida House, said House Speaker Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, who praised Rubio as a bold, conservative, dynamic leader.

It is surreal to be back, said Rubio after receiving a standing ovation from the legislators.

Rubio spoke on the House floor to the Republican members of the House and insisted it was a crucial moment in American history as the nation stood at the crossroads between remaining based on the free-market economy or one overwhelmed by government spending and the national debt.

All of us, including me, are guilty of forgetting how different the American experience really is, said Rubio, who praised the free-market system. Thats the source of our prosperity, insisted Rubio.

Rubio attacked both Republicans and Democrats for ignoring the spiraling costs of these programs and continuing to rely on increasing the national debt.

We have a political process that is frozen, said Rubio. The White House knows this. The congressional leadership knows this.

Our decline is not inevitable, insisted Rubio who added that the state government could also help by spending only the money it had. It requires us to act now.

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