BY PAINTING WITH BROAD COLORS.
MR. HEATH: SENATOR MARCO
RUBIO,
SENATOR RAND PAUL SPOKE TONIGHT
ABOUT HIS FEELING THAT THE
GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO FAR IN
TRYING TO COLLECT DATA AND
INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE
TERRORIST ACTIVITY, EVEN AGAINST
INDIVIDUALS OF THEY WERE
INNOCENT.
DO YOU THINK THAT THE
EFFORT TO
GET AWAY WITH THAT MADE THIS
COUNTRY SAFER OR LESS SAFE AND
DO YOU TRUST NO ONE IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL MISUSE
OUR PHONE AND INTERNET RECORDS?
SEN. RUBIO: LET ME JUST SAY
THIS.
AS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, ALMOST
ON A DAILY BASIS I REVIEW THE
THREATS THAT ARE COMING OUR
COUNTRY.
SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT WE ARE
LIVING THROUGH A PERIOD THAT IS
MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY PERIOD
WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH BEFORE.
IT IS NOT JUST ISIS.
AL QAEDA STILL EXISTS.
IN FACT, IT IS AN ORGANIZATION
LOOKING TO REMAIN RELEVANT IN
THE BEST WAY FOR THEM TO REMAIN
RELEVANT IN THEIR MINDS IS TO
CONDUCT A DEVASTATING ATTACK
AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.
THE ELDERS WERE FRONT IS GROWING
-- THE AL-NUSR
A FRONT IS GROWING
IN SYRIA.
ALL THESE GROUPS ARE ACTIVELY
ENGAGING IN TRYING TO RECRUIT
AND INSPIRE RADICALS LOCATED
WITHIN OUR OWN COUNTRY TO KILL
AMERICANS AND ATTACK OUR
INTERESTS HERE AND ABROAD.
THESE RISKS ARE SERIOUS, THEY
ARE NOT A GAME.
IN MY MIND, IT IS NOT A QUESTION
OF IF WE ARE ATTACKED BUT WHEN.
AND WHEN WE ARE, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WILL WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE
KNEW ABOUT IT.
WE WANT EVERY TOOL AT OUR
DISPOSAL.
JUST THE LAST FOUR YEARS, I HAVE
SEEN
UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURES
THAT HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR
THESE TERRORISTS TO INVADE US.
DO I BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE IN THE
GOVERNMENT COULD POTENTIALLY
VIOLATE THIS ONE DAY?
IF THEY DO, THEY SHOULD BE
PROSECUTED AND THROWN IN JAIL.
NO ONE HAS YET OFFER A SINGLE
EXAMPLE OF WHEN THAT HAPPENED
BUT IF IT DOES, THEY SHOULD BE
CONVICTED AND PUNISHED.
I CAN TELL YOU, THE THREATS TO
AMERICA ARE REAL AND WE HAD
BETTER TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ARE
WE WILL ANSWER FOR IT.
MR. HEATH: YOU NOW HAVE 30
SECONDS.
SEN. RUBIO:
THANK YOU FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY.
A DECADE AGO, MY MOTHER WAS A
MADE IN A HOTEL.
MY FATHER WAS WORKING BANQUETS
AT A PORTABLE BAR.
THE JOURNEY MY FAMILY MADE FROM
BEHIND THE BAR WHERE MY FATHER
STOOD TO WHERE I SIT HERE
TONIGHT, THAT JOURNEY IS THE
ESSENCE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
IT IS WHAT MAKES AMERICA
DIFFERENT, SPECIAL.
THE REASON THAT I AM RUNNING FOR
PRESIDENT IS BECAUSE I STILL
WANT IT TO BE THAT COUNTRY.
I STILL WANT US TO BE THAT
COUNTRY WHERE PEOPLE CAN DO FOR
THEIR CHILDREN WHAT MY PARENTS
DID FOR ME.
THAT IS WHY TONIGHT, I ASK
EVERYONE WATCHING FOR YOUR VOTE.
