--- title: Full Text of Sen. Marco Rubio's Campaign Launch in Miami description: Florida Sen. Marco Rubio launched his presidential campaign with a speech at Miami's Freedom Tower. Here is a transcript of his full remarks. canonical: https://time.com/3820475/transcript-read-full-text-of-sen-marco-rubios-campaign-launch/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-13T22:23:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:20.396Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Full Text of Sen. 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