Carlos Lopez-Cantera

“Florida doesn't need an immigration law.”

“When the opportunity presented itself, I had never been bar mitzvahed. I wasn't going to pass it up.”

“I am honored to have been chosen by Gov. Scott to serve Floridians as their lieutenant governor.”

“Liberal elites and Democratic Party elders want all Hispanics to fall into a monolithic liberal agenda.”

“Washington is not good at getting things done.”

“No government is ever going to get it perfect. The job of policymakers is to continue seeking perfection and making it better and constantly reassessing to ensure that the students and the parents are getting the most out of the education system.”

“We have proven that conservative principles work: less taxes, less government, and more freedom.”

“Rick Scott's my friend. And I think he's done a great job. And it's my experiences with him that are part of the reason I'm running for Senate.”

“I am not opposed to scientists looking at all ways to combat and destroy the Zika virus.”

“Losing an election is very difficult. I've lost an election myself, and it was very difficult.”

“I am a fiscal conservative.”

“My father came from Cuba, but he married a nice Jewish girl in Miami, and I followed suit and married a nice Jewish girl in Miami as well.”

“As a believer in the free market, the sooner you have people with a job - the better chance they have a job, the sooner they are employed - the sooner they become consumers. And the sooner they become consumers, the sooner they become deciders about their own health care decisions.”

“I think anyone who serves in public office should have a little bit of contempt for government in their heart.”

“It's better to have security and not need it than need it and not have it.”

“I support parents making the best decisions for their kids' education.”

“Three things are very important to Hispanics: being able to have a job, making sure your child gets an education that prepares them to get a job, and living in a safe community.”

“My record proves that I don't make political or public-service decisions based on what typical folks in Washington do, which is, 'What's going to get me past the next election, or what's best for my career?'”

“The money that government spends is your money, not government's, and you know how to spend it better.”

“I am running for the U.S. Senate so that your kids and mine can continue to live in the kind of country that gave my family the blessings of liberty and freedom that only America offers.”