As senator, Rubio pays speechwriter, but rarely speaks in Senate
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has spoken only eight times on the Senate floor since January, 2015, but has still has spent about $60,000 to keep a speechwriter on his Senate staff.
As senator, Rubio pays speechwriter, but rarely speaks in Senate
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., has spoken only eight times on the Senate floor since January, 2015, but has still has spent about $60,000 to keep a speechwriter on his Senate staff.
The expense is odd, but totally legal. Rubio is one of about a half dozen Republican senators who keep a speechwriter on staff, though the others all spoke on the floor more often.
Senate speechwriters do more than write speeches, so Rubio's speechwriter is not just sitting around with nothing to do. In Rubio's case, speechwriter Robert Noel's duties "have been more wide-ranging than the title suggests," said spokesman Alex Burgos. "He also helps write, edit and review Sen. Rubio's opinion columns, press releases and statements, letters to the administration, constituent correspondence and other written communications out of our Senate office.
Noel works in Rubio's Senate office — paid from Rubio's taxpayer-funded account — not for the Rubio presidential campaign.
Seven Republican senators reported having a full time "speechwriter" on their staff in 2015, including Senate leaders Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Jon Cornyn of Texas, who have each spoken on the floor more than 100 times since January 2015, according to a database maintained by C-SPAN.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/02/12/rubio-senate-speeches-cruz-republican/80280368/
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