RUBIO TO FACE TOUGH QUESTIONS ON TRUMP POLICIES IN CONGRESS

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify this week before his former colleagues in the U.S. Congress, some of whom have said they regret voting to confirm the ex-senator because he has not stood up to President Donald Trump.
The Senate voted 99-0 to confirm the Florida Republican senator as the nation’s highest diplomat on January 20, as Democrats joined Trump’s Republicans in giving the president his first permanent second-term cabinet member just hours after Trump was sworn in.
During his friendly Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on January 15, Rubio promised a robust foreign policy focused on American interests, echoing Trump’s “America First” approach to global affairs.
However, Some Democrats who backed Rubio in January have said they regret their votes, as Trump has seized more control of the federal government than any modern president, including cutting funding plans that had been approved by Congress.