Marco Rubio's Biblical Mandate

Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) presented new initiatives to combat poverty, urging free market reforms, a shift of federal programs to the states, and a defense of America's traditional values.

"We certainly have a biblical mandate to care for the less fortunate, in government and as individuals," Rubio declared in a speech at the United States Capitol on Wednesday. Marking the 50th Anniversary of President Lyndon Baines Johnson's declaration of the "War on Poverty," Rubio applauded Johnson's efforts, but criticized him and the Democratic initiatives championed by President Obama for merely solving the surface concerns of poverty.

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