Life In Brief o Department of the Interior, Environment & Related Agencies Current Title: Sen. o Military Construction & Veteran Affairs & Related Agencies Political Party: Republican Party o State, Foreign Operations & Related Programs Born: May 28, 1971 o Legislative Branch Birthplace: Miami, FL o DOL, HHS & Education & Related Agencies  Senate Small Business & Entrepreneurship Religion: Roman Catholic  Senate Aging Ethnicity: Hispanic/Latino

Marital Status: Married Quick Summary

Education Summary: Cuban-American and deeply religious, Rubio was mentored by GOP establishment in Florida and  Tarkio College (MO), Att, 1990 found success early in his career; tries to find  Santa Fe College (NM), Att, 1991 independent voice in Trump-led GOP  University of Florida, BS, 1993  Raised in West Miami, where his parents  University of Miami (FL), JD, 1996 worked in the hotel industry after immigrating from Cuba as permanent residents Family:  Became interested in politics while in college; worked on several campaigns and met then 4 children Gov. Jeb Bush, who became an early mentor Work History:  Served as a reliable conservative institutionalist in state government and made waves with GOP  Senator for Florida, 2011-present leadership by working on redistricting and tax  Attorney, Sole Practitioner, 2008-2010 priorities  Attorney, Broad and Cassel Law Firm  Elected as Speaker of the Florida House at age  Visiting Professor, Florida International 34; pushed for aggressive tax cuts worked on University climate change policy like carbon emission caps  Political Analyst, Univision, 2008  Rode the Tea Party wave into the Senate in 2010, moving to the right to challenge  Attorney, Tew Cardenas Law Firm, 1996-2000 republican Gov. Charlie Crist Committees:  Gained national media attention in 2012 after being on Mitt Romney’s short list for VP; Rubio  Senate Intelligence (Vice Chairman) helped craft Romney’s immigration policy and  Senate Foreign Relations introduced Romney at the RNC Convention  Senate Appropriations  Aggressively campaigned against Trump during the 2016 primaries, but has since been

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supportive of most of the Trump Foreign Policy: Supports American interventions, Administration’s policies vocal on American-Israeli relations  Favored a hawkish approach to Syrian conflict, Approach and Motivations arguing for military intervention against Assad combined with increasing diplomatic Embraces conservative bootstraps mentality, relationships with secular allies Christian faith, and working class background in  Introduced controversial amendments to Iran his pursuit of his political goals nuclear deal bill that would force Iran to recognize Israel  Devout Catholic whose faith informs his strong conservative social policy positions on issues  Voted in favor of sanctions against Russia that such as abortion and gay marriage Trump opposed; spoke out against Trump’s tariffs on China saying the US should take more  Credits his parents’ sacrifice of fleeing Cuba to aggressive actions work grueling hotel jobs in the US to help provide opportunities for Rubio and his sisters Small Business: Fights for deregulation  Struggles to balance his deeply held beliefs on immigration and foreign policy with Trump  Worked to increase involvement of small Administration’s agenda; ultimately votes with business owners in regulatory process, party to maintain unity postponed votes on reauthorization of Small Business Act after Democrats resisted deregulation efforts Policy Position and Areas of  Working to prevent SBA loans from being used Focus to support Chinese-owned firms  Led efforts to secure funding for small business Adheres to traditional conservative platforms, paycheck protection in response to COVID-19 focus on interventionist foreign policy and and allocated $377 billion for small business immigration reform; gaining influence on Small loans Business Committee

Immigration: Advocate for path to citizenship; Core Communities less vocal during Trump Administration Connected to former GOP leadership, faith groups  Has advocated for comprehensive immigration and wealthy donors reform that views undocumented immigrants as a humanitarian issue rather than a national Conservative Allies: Connections to conservative security issue establishment  Part of the “Gang of 8” bipartisan group of  Met Jeb Bush while working on Sen. Bob Dole’s senators who proposed a path to citizenship for 1996 presidential campaign; Bush served as a undocumented immigrants in 2013; later mentor and ally until they both ran for president backed away from the bill claiming that it in 2016 wouldn’t work after it died in the House  Former FL Speaker of the House Johnnie Byrd  Opposed Trump’s declaration of a national appointed Rubio to House majority leader after emergency to fund southern border wall working on redistricting with GOP leadership

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 Worked for Former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen  Co-Chair, U.S. Joint Congressional-Executive (R-FL27) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL21) Commission on China, 2016 while in college  Chairman, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on  Current Chief of Staff, Michael Needham, is Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast former CEO of conservative think tank Heritage Guard, 2016 Action  Chairman, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Religious Community: Long history of faith-based Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, action and Global Women's Issues, 2016  Has been a member of Catholic, Mormon, and Baptist churches; currently identifies as Catholic Relevant Financial Information  Formed Religious Liberty Advisory Board while running for president; included professors of Receives majority of campaign funds from Religious Studies universities such as Baylor, national party committees counsel from the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Case and members of Christian nonprofits like Biggest Industry Donors (career) Alliance Defending Freedom  Candidate Committees: $1.9 million Norman Braman: Billionaire who financially  Lawyers and Lobbyists: $1.5 million backed Rubio’s career and shaped policy views  Securities and Investments: $1.5 million  Braman, a billionaire auto dealer in Florida and  Real Estate: $1 million former owner of Philadelphia Eagles, has funded campaigns focused on anti-tax and  Retired: $700,000 small government initiatives across Florida Biggest Corporate Donors (career)  Met Rubio early in state government career and bonded over football and Israel; after donating  Geo Group (Boca Raton, FL): $30,000 $10,000 to Rubio’s campaign, their families  Publix (Lakeland, FL): $23,500 traveled to Israel together  Exxon Mobil (Irving, TX): $21,000  Braman hired Rubio as a personal lawyer while  Reynolds American (Winston-Salem, NC): Rubio was in state government and helped $20,500 supplement Rubio’s salary as a professor after he stepped down due to term limits  Devon Energy (Oklahoma City, OK): $20,000

 Later hired Jeanette Rubio as an advisor for the Biggest Individual Donors (career) Braman family’s philanthropic foundation  Pamela M Groff, retired (Pasadena, CA): $30,000 Political History  Lothar Mayer, retired (Delray Beach, FL):  Member, West Miami City Commission $28,000  Majority Leader, FL State House, 2002-2004  Michael R Shaughnessy, retired (Gates Mills,  Speaker, FL State House, 2006-2008 OH): $24,300  Member, FL State House, 2000-2008

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 Roberta A Richardson, retired (Cheyenne, WY):  Favorite Subjects: immigration, trade, foreign $20,400 policy  Henry Scanlon, photographer (Ponte Vedra,  Social Media Habits: Active on personal, official, FL): $20,300 and campaign Twitter accounts

Interest Groups and PACs (career) Speaking: Engages interest groups on foreign policy, prominent campaigner for GOP  Rubio Victory Committee: $1.8 million  US Senate Victory Committee: $430,000  Favorite Subjects: Foreign policy, election talking points  Keep the Senate Red: $280,000  Preferred Audience: Foreign policy groups like  Legacy Victory Committee: $185,000 Council on Foreign Relations  National Republican Senatorial Committee: $90,000 Professional Affiliations  Board Member, Alafit International Publications, Media and Speaking  Florida Chair, Grand Old Party Action Committee Prominent national figure for GOP, Rubio engages media at state and national level and engages  Board Member, Latin Builders Association Hispanic community on Spanish-language outlets  Board Member, Miami Performing Arts Center

Publications: Has penned op-eds and has written 3 books Awards  Books: American Dreams: Restoring Economic  50 Most Beautiful List, The Hill, 2011 Opportunity for Everyone, 2015  50 Most Beautiful List, The Hill, 2015

An American Son: A Memoir Family and Personal Background , 2012 Greatly shaped by his family background and faith 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida’s Future Immigration Story , 2006  Rubio’s parents came to the US in 1956 and  Op-eds: Written for New York Times, the were permanent residents until 1975 when they Atlantic, Washington Examiner became naturalized citizens  Favorite Topics: Immigration, the economy  His maternal grandfather was detained by immigration authorities in 1962 after flying to the Media: National figure, frequently appears on US without a visa and was ordered by a judge cable news and Hispanic outlets to be deported; however, the order was not  Preferred Outlets: NBC, CNN, FOX, MSNBC, enforced and he was allowed to stay as a Univision parolee and apply for permanent resident status

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 Rubio has stated that his parents would not 2016 Republican primary conflict with Trump have been allowed to stay in the country under  Trump gave him the nickname “Little Marco” his immigration proposals and frequently mocked Rubio’s awkward water bottle grab during his 2013 response to the Wife’s philanthropic interests State of the Union  Wife has pushed Rubio to support anti-human  Rubio aggressively criticized Trump in the trafficking bills and has been involved with primary and tried to match him on insults; Rubio fundraising for Miami women’s shelter Lotus mocked Trump’s skin tone and the size of his House hands, a move Rubio later said he regretted Faith and church play a large role in Rubio’s life  Rubio later endorsed Trump before the RNC convention has since fallen in line with GOP  Rubio’s family moved to Las Vegas for 6 years rank and has voted in favor of most of Trump’s and his parents worked in hotels; while in Utah, policies and defended Trump during Marco, his sister, and his mother were all impeachment baptized as Mormon at the urging of their aunt, converted back to Catholicism when they returned to Miami Contact Information  Married his wife at the Church of the Little Flower, a Catholic church in Coral Gables, FL Main Office Address: RSOB- Russell Senate Office Building Room 284, 2 Constitution Avenue, NE,  Started attending Christ Fellowship, a Baptist Washington, DC 20510-0908 and evangelical church, and donated $50,000 between 2003-2008 to the church Phone: (202) 224-3041  Returned to Catholicism when he became Speaker of the Florida House Contact: http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact Criticisms and Controversies

Criticized for personal spending in state government, and has come into conflict with Trump

Criticisms while in state government around family history and campaign expenses  Rubio has described himself as the son of exiles who were forced out by Castro’s regime; it was later reported that his parents left Cuba in 1956, before Fidel Castro came to power  While Speaker of the House Rubio routinely used GOP credit card for personal expenses, including a $134 haircut

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