I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important.

I will always vote on the side of freedom and our right to keep and bear arms.

Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents.

It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans.

Our focus needs to be on freeing dissidents and continuing to support the opposition movement within Cuba - not rewarding Castro and subsidizing and strengthening his totalitarian regime.

Forty-two years ago, I came to America from communist Cuba so I might have a better way of life, a freer way of life - a more democratic way of life. I wanted to live the American Dream where if you worked hard and put your mind to the task, anything was possible.