Ileana Ros-Lehtinen in 2014 State of the Union address

On Immigration: GOP offers Hispanic immigrants opportunities like mine

She shared details from her personal history, saying, as she often does, that her family left Cuba after Fidel Castro's revolution and she "would have never believed" she'd become the first Hispanic woman in Congress. The Republican Party, Ros-Lehtinen argues, is the party that can give other Hispanic immigrants similar opportunities. She devotes only two paragraphs in the second half of her speech to immigration reform, without delving into specifics. "It's time to honor our history of legal immigration," her speech says, calling for a "permanent solution" of some sort.

On Principles & Values: Obama promises sound good but won't solve nation's problems

"Tonight, the president made more promises that sound good but won't solve the problem our nation faces," Ros-Lehtinen's prepared Spanish-language remarks say. "I want you to have a better life. The president wants that too. But we disagree on how to get there."

On Welfare & Poverty: Focus on opportunity gap instead of income-inequality gap

"That's why the first step in our strategy to close this gap is to secure well-paying jobs for individuals skilled to carry them out," her prepared remarks say.