Marco RubioTier A
U.S. Senator for Florida since 2011; 2016 presidential candidate.
2archived statements, 2013
What the statements do
Minimizes impact1
Denies human cause1
Source: The Climate Record, verified statements only · CC BY 4.0
2013
“The government can't change the weather. I said that in the speech. We can pass a bunch of laws that will destroy our economy, but it isn't going to change the weather.”
“First of all, the climate is always changing. That's not the fundamental question, the fundamental question is whether man-made activity is what's contributing most to it. I understand that people say there is a significant scientific consensus on that issue, but I've actually seen reasonable debate on that principle.”