I don’t go to Washington to represent the president; I go to represent the people of this district. – Joe Garcia
The reason there’s not a dictatorship in Chile and that there’s a democracy in South Africa and Portugal today – and that Haiti has a nascent democracy – is that the world community as a whole felt outraged. This is the reason Milosevic sits in a jail in The Hague. It’s because the world has said, ‘Enough.’ – Joe Garcia
I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida. – Joe Garcia
We live in the world’s greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving. – Joe Garcia
The Republican Party views Hispanics in terms of market share: Who are they? How do we reach them? Democrats still view us in terms of quotas. – Joe Garcia
The truth is that the driver in policy is not the relationship between the United States and Cuba, but the relationship between Cubans, and that is far stronger than 50 years of intragovernment hostility. – Joe Garcia
The key here is that we’re not going to beat them on commercials: They’re always going to have more money than us. So what we have to try to do throughout is just ask people to make sure they vote. – Joe Garcia
The Mariel boatlift was probably one of the most strengthening events of the exile community; maybe Nietzschean, in the sense that if it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger. – Joe Garcia
We did great things when we were in Congress, and I want to continue work on the issues that matter to South Florida, because we deserve better. – Joe Garcia
The Elian events were shocking to Cubans because we were the fair-haired boys of the Cold War. The problem is, the Cold War ended. – Joe Garcia
Thousands of people perish in the Straits of Florida every year. We understand it within the context of the Cuban reality. – Joe Garcia
The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support. – Joe Garcia
The people who support Mr. Curbelo’s campaign are people who oppose Medicare and Social Security, want to reform it to take it away from our seniors, and oppose a minimum wage. – Joe Garcia
To help advance democracy, we need to allow for the reunification of Cuban families and the direct sending of remittances to the island’s brave dissidents. – Joe Garcia
