Look, I am not into dissing white men, i think that is as bigoted and as discriminatory as discarding or disqualifying minorities and women, so I'm not into that, but I do think that diversity is good, and I do think our party is due to have more minorities and women in positions of leadership.

Carlos Curbelo

More Quotes by Carlos Curbelo
Categorized in : Top News
More Quotes From Carlos Curbelo

Clearly America businesses are interested in opening up new markets not just in Cuba, but all over the world.

Carlos Curbelo
cuba opening-up america

As policy makers, our interest isn't necessarily the narrow interests of specific corporations but the national security interests of the United States.

Carlos Curbelo
corporations united-states makers
When Fidel Castro is gone, there will be hope for Cuba. There wil... by Carlos Curbelo

When Fidel Castro is gone, there will be hope for Cuba. There will be opportunity for Cuba.

Carlos Curbelo
cuba gone opportunity
Cuba will be able to move towards freedom and democracy once agai... by Carlos Curbelo

Cuba will be able to move towards freedom and democracy once again.

Carlos Curbelo
cuba democracy moving

Clearly we're headed down a path where there is one party for older white Americans and then there's another party for people of color and immigrants, and this is very dangerous. It divides our society in a dangerous way. It paralyzes our political system.

Carlos Curbelo
top-news

I don't see any serious plan or strategy to grow the party in urban America, and I see very limited effort to grow the party among the Hispanic community which was a major priority during the George W. Bush years and even afterwards during the Obama presidency. That is now virtually non-existent.

Carlos Curbelo
top-news

I think in the lame duck, there will be a major opportunity to address this in a definitive way, and I don't think we should underestimate the importance of the work that was done in the Senate when they had their immigration exercise and the work that we did here, that all sets up a possible resolution to all of this after the election. Which would be something to celebrate for sure.

Carlos Curbelo
politics

Carlos Curbelo mentioned that Carlos Curbelo daughter Ivanka had encouraged Carlos Curbelo to end this, and he said Carlos Curbelo does recognize that it needs to end and the images are painful and Carlos Curbelo's looking for a legislative solution, carlos Curbelo discussed the optics and the policy itself and I think Carlos Curbelo's not comfortable with either.

Carlos Curbelo
top-news

That's an issue of great concern to me. And we're still looking for ways to do more to keep families together in this legislation.

Carlos Curbelo
politics
Our discharge petition strategy is for us to know we are continui... by Carlos Curbelo

Our discharge petition strategy is for us to know we are continuing to pursue that avenue.

Carlos Curbelo
politics

Every time we meet, we get a little closer. Sometimes that movement is glacial, so Raul Labrador really have to pay attention to observe it, but there is a way here, there is a way.

Carlos Curbelo
top-news

I think that's the nature of the speakership, i'm sure they will not be supporting this process, but I think ultimately it will empower them if we're successful and it will help all of us meet the President's challenge( to resolve the issue). ... It's the House's turn to act. Enough waiting around.

Carlos Curbelo
politics

This institution should be driven by courage, not by cowardice, and the goal should not be to suppress members from pursuing their legislative goals, it should be to empower each member, and that's what we're trying to do, the goal is to empower each member of the House, including the speaker, to advance the solution that each member believes is the best one for this challenge and to try to gain supporters for that solution. So this is not in defiance of anyone.

Carlos Curbelo
top-news
A lot of members in leadership just want to postpone the inevitab... by Carlos Curbelo

A lot of members in leadership just want to postpone the inevitable.

Carlos Curbelo
latest-headlines

The White House has sent a very strong message by preserving the executive order that protects these young people, we know that they’ve been very aggressive when The White House comes to immigration policy, so The White House certainly stands out that they have left the DACA executive order untouched.

Carlos Curbelo
latest-headlines

This bill will allow Venezuelan nationals who have made a new home in the United States to remain here if they choose to, since it is too dangerous to return home, we have seen young students dying at the hands of President Nicolas Maduro’s brutal, thuggish, corrupt regime.

Carlos Curbelo
politics

I commend Speaker Ryan for having the courage to not just fall in line, i think what the Speaker is trying to do is ask and understand what are Mr. Trump’s goals.

Carlos Curbelo
politics