Joe Garcia

Professions :

Politician

There is nothing to regret with a job well done.

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Scandals, corruption, partisan infighting - no wonder people have lost faith in Congress. I say enough is enough.

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The reason there's not a dictatorship in Chile and that there's a democracy in South Africa and Portugal today - and that Haiti has a nascent democracy - is that the world community as a whole felt outraged. This is the reason Milosevic sits in a jail in The Hague. It's because the world has said, 'Enough.'

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Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.

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People in Cuba are victims.

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Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality.

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More people die on a yearly basis crossing the Florida Straits than ever died trying to cross the Berlin Wall.

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The Mariel boatlift was probably one of the most strengthening events of the exile community; maybe Nietzschean, in the sense that if it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.

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To say that I could manipulate one of the men who has shown the most courage before the Cuban government, who gets beaten every day, who did a hunger strike that freed political prisoners... I think that's absurd.

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The reality is that people know my character, and they know my service.

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We deserve quality jobs that pay a living wage, lower college tuition, action on climate change, and comprehensive immigration reform.

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We did great things when we were in Congress, and I want to continue work on the issues that matter to South Florida, because we deserve better.

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I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.

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The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.

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We have to be realistic: we are not going to be able to deport 11 million people - most are hard-working people.

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As much as people want to call me a bomb-thrower, look at my record.

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I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.

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I think what we have to do is speak about the issues and speak about my record.

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I have Obamacare; trust me - it's not perfect.

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I don't go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district.

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