From the June 22 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom:
CHRIS WALLACE: Senator, why did you change your mind and decide to run for re-election, and did the Orlando massacre play a role?
SEN. MARCO RUBIO (R-FL): Well, first, I know people in politics don't like to admit they've changed their mind, but I've changed my mind, and the people of Florida deserve to know why. And there's a lot of reasons, you know I think it's clearly outlined that I'm frustrated by what's happening here in the Senate -- most Americans are -- with the gridlock and the inability to move forward on things. But the Senate's also a place where you can serve your constituents with constituent service which is very rewarding, and I said that during the campaign. It's a place where we can hopefully be able to still move on some major issues, although that hasn't happened enough, but we were able to do a little of that. But I think the real reason, and the deepest reason why is, I think no matter who wins this presidential election, the Senate's role of being able to act as a check and balance on bad ideas from the president I think are going to matter more in 2017 than they perhaps have ever have in our history. And that's saying a lot given what we are facing now, so I really, deeply believe that I can contribute to that. I want to contribute to that. And I think whether it's Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, our next president -- sorry, no matter who the next president is, we are going to need senators that are willing to encourage them to make the right decisions.
