WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott spoke on the Senate floor calling for the unanimous passage of his resolution condemning socialism as a failed ideology and the antithesis of the American Dream. Senator Scott’s resolution serves as a clear warning that socialism has only ever led to tyranny and less opportunity for all – and Americans will always reject it. Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar led the passage of the companion resolution in the House of Representatives.

Watch Senator Scott’s remarks in the video above or read his opening remarks as prepared for delivery below:

“Mr. President,

When I talk to families in Florida and around the nation, I hear often how they’re struggling to make ends meet. The cost of health care is up, owning a home has become nearly unattainable.

The former administration pushed the American dream further and further out of reach for so many families.

I grew up in public housing, and my family didn’t have much. And I look across the country, and I see families, just like mine growing up, that are doing everything they can to make ends meet.

But I knew I had the opportunity to do anything because the American dream was alive.

As Governor and Senator, my goal has been to keep the American Dream alive so every family can have the same opportunities I did.

That dream and those opportunities don’t exist under socialism. When crazy radicals in New York City and across this country villainize capitalism and push socialism, they forget that they’ve benefited from the very system they criticize.

Socialism has never worked. It’s just an old, barbaric discredited idea that’s failed every time it’s been tried. Just look at Cuba and Venezuela and the many families who fled those brutal regimes to live in my state of Florida. It kills opportunity.

We need to drive down costs. The answer isn’t more government – it’s less. We need to do what we did in Florida: cut taxes, reduce government regulations, and grow jobs.  

The United States was built on individual freedoms and opportunities, and the right of every individual to pursue the American Dream despite coming from nothing, just like I did. That’s what America stands for.

This resolution is a stark reminder for the far-left: socialism is a failure, and Americans will always reject it.”

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