Category: Marco Rubio

Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

“If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how the Chinese regime has been systematically co-opting our elites for…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

This Episode will Premiering 5/17 at 7:30PM ET.  “If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how the Chinese regime…


[PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET] Sen. Marco Rubio: How the Chinese Regime Co-opts Our Elites and Weaponizes Our Systems Against Us

This episode will premiere on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET.  “If we think that the energy leverage Putin had over Europe was substantial, the leverage China potentially has over America and the West is extraordinary.” I sit down with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, to discuss how…


Weaponizing the Pursuit of Profit: Rubio Warns of ‘Extraordinary’ Leverage Held by China Over American Companies

“Whatever we did to make the Chinese angry, we have to stop doing it, because it’s hurting us.” That was an argument that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) heard from an executive at an airplane maker recently after China stopped buying their planes and switched to Europe. The company blamed the switch on U.S. tariffs on…


Weaponizing the Pursuit of Profit: Rubio Warns of China’s ‘Extraordinary’ Leverage Over America

“Whatever we did to make the Chinese angry, we have to stop doing it, because it’s hurting us.” That was an argument that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) heard from an airplane maker executive recently after China stopped buying their planes and switched to Europe. The company blamed the switch on U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. American…


Sen. Marco Rubio Introduces Bill to Fast-Track Arms Sales to Taiwan

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced a bill to fast-track arms transfer and strengthen ties between the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries to equip the independent democratic nation against any possible attack by Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The “Taiwan Peace Through Strength Act of 2022” (pdf) requires the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct an annual…


Sen. Rubio Introduces Bill to Fast-Track Arms Sales to Taiwan

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced a proposal to fast-track the transfer of weapons and boost ties between the U.S. and Taiwanese militaries to equip the independent democratic nation against any possible attack by Beijing’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The “Taiwan Peace Through Strength Act of 2022” (pdf) requires the U.S. Department of Defense to conduct…


‘Beijing’s Plan to Overtake the United States’: Rubio Slams Universities’ $120 Million China Ties

More than two dozen American universities entered into financial arrangements with China-based entities during the last year, including those directly governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to a new report. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla) lambasted the agreements, believed to have netted China more than $120 million, as part of the Chinese Communist Party’s…


Marco Rubio Warns Florida Colleges of CCP Espionage: ‘Keep Those Concerns in Mind’

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Thursday wrote to the presidents of 26 research colleges and universities in his state, warning them to guard against espionage efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “I write to bring your attention to a thorny issue that threatens to compromise our nation’s security as well as the integrity of…


Sen. Rubio Warns Florida Colleges of CCP Espionage: ‘Keep Those Concerns in Mind’

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Thursday wrote to the presidents of 26 research colleges and universities in his state, warning them to guard against espionage efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “I write to bring your attention to a thorny issue that threatens to compromise our nation’s security as well as the integrity of…