Washington (CNN) Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said the United States will lose its credibility on human rights if it does not take action against Saudi Arabia after the apparent death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

"I don't care how much money it is," Rubio said in an interview with CNN's Alisyn Camerota on "New Day" Tuesday. "There isn't enough money in the world to purchase back our credibility on human rights and the way nations should conduct themselves."

Rubio, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said protecting human rights was worth ending an arms deal with Saudi Arabia and losing leverage in the Middle East.

"It's something we have to address from a human rights standpoint," Rubio said. "Just because a country we're working with did it doesn't mean the US can just shrug its shoulders and say nothing happened here."

Rubio said money should not be a factor in the US's response to Khashoggi's murder because it could sell its weapons to other countries while also protecting its record on human rights.

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