Quotes from Joe Garcia

The last time the Diaz-Balarts were removed from power, it took a revolution, and we ended up with Fidel Castro.

The Democratic voters of the 26th district know me well, and I am confident I will have their support.

There is nothing that I didn't get to do while I was serving in Congress - except be in the majority.

I'm have one of the most, if not the most, moderate voting records in Congress in the Florida delegation.

We deserve quality jobs that pay a living wage, lower college tuition, action on climate change, and comprehensive immigration reform.

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.

The growth of purposeful travel is a good thing. It can have a positive impact. We should continue to experiment and move along this line.

The Cold War has ended for America.

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.

Our policies should be to help develop civil society and increase contacts with people.

The poorest guy in Miami lives better than much of the power elite in Havana.

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.

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.

There is nothing to regret with a job well done.

What you haven't seen from me are false attacks.

I think more civil society programs, more free enterprise, more contacts with their fellow brethren in Miami - that's good for the long-term, and that's an investment in America's long-term relationship with the Cuban people, not the Cuban government.

Right here at home, we have seen what happens when a politician breaks that public trust, when they are dishonest and corrupt.

Cubans have no bar to being legalized once they are in America. All other Hispanics - with the exception of Puerto Ricans - have to go through a broken, dysfunctional process. One group is American from day one. And all the rest are trying to be.

I will never be done with South Florida.

I worked for the Cuban American National Foundation for years.

A day does not go by when I am not in a line at a store or at a McDonald's, and someone will touch my hand, and they will say, 'Thank you.'

If you give everybody a good government job, there's no crime.

We have to be realistic: we are not going to be able to deport 11 million people - most are hard-working people.

My grandfather died under house arrest.