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Rubio's Rapid Response to Immigration Reform Critics (CNN)

Washington (CNN) – Marco Rubio is on a full-court press on immigration reform.

On Thursday, when Rubio and the seven other senators who make up the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" formally introduced their comprehensive reform bill in a high-profile news conference, the first-term Republican senator from Florida did 10 interviews on conservative talk radio. That follows the four interviews he gave the previous day.

"Our current laws are dysfunctional in terms of we have a legal immigration system that's just completely broken," Rubio told Michael Medved, who hosts one of the most popular conservative radio talk shows in the country.

And Rubio launched a website called "Immigration Reform Facts," to better explain the bill and to push back against misinformation.

Of all the members of the Gang of Eight, no one has more on the line than Rubio. He's the only Republican who's considered a leader among conservatives and he's the only one of the eight senators considered a serious contender for president in 2016.

But Rubio says this isn't about politics.

"If we are doing this for political reasons, I think we'll be disappointed and it's not my motivation. My motivation is that I want to solve this problem for the country," Rubio on Thursday told Rush Limbaugh, who hosts the highest-rated talk radio program in the country.