It shows courage, and it shows commitment to move beyond the status-quo politics of rhetoric, which is all the Cuban-American community has received from any party for the last half century.
I will never be done with South Florida.
There is no question that I loved representing the people of South Florida.
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.
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.
I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.