{"id":2609493,"date":"2026-06-02T10:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-marco-rubio-testifies-on-capitol-hill-during-iran-ceasefire\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T10:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:14:53","slug":"watch-live-marco-rubio-testifies-on-capitol-hill-during-iran-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-marco-rubio-testifies-on-capitol-hill-during-iran-ceasefire\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Marco Rubio testifies on Capitol Hill during Iran ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-live-marco-rubio-testifies-on-capitol-hill-during-iran-ceasefire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2609493&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marco Rubio will testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday, first before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 10 a.m. and later before a House appropriations subcommittee at 2 p.m. His appearance will focus on the State Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-sen-rick-scott-accountability-should-be-basic-function-of-govt-but-dems-and-biden-failing-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Fla. Sen. Rick Scott: Accountability should be basic function of govt, but Dems and Biden failing to do so\">budget request<\/a>, which calls for about 30% less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-budget-plan-will-show-biden-wont-change-border-policies\/\" title=\"Rep. Biggs: Budget Plan Will Show Biden Won&#039;t Change Border Policies\">discretionary spending<\/a> than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">previous year<\/a>. however, lawmakers are expected to press him on broader foreign-policy issues, including the status of the Iran ceasefire and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >peace negotiations<\/a>, U.S.-Cuba tensions, and developments in the russia-Ukraine war. This will also be his first congressional testimony since the beginning of the Iran war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"51\">Marco Rubio<\/a> will appear on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 10 a.m. and a House appropriations subcommittee at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4581571\/what-we-know-us-iran-peace-deal-being-negotiated\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4581571\">WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE US-IRAN PEACE DEAL BEING NEGOTIATED<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4590780\/watch-live-marco-rubio-testimony-capitol-hill-iran-ceasefire\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Marco Rubio testifies on Capitol Hill during Iran ceasefire<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4590108\/byron-donalds-disagreement-trump-ai-policy\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Byron Donalds voices rare disagreement with Trump on AI policy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4589646\/kyle-massie-ro-khanna-against-ndaa-military-integration-israel\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Massie and Khanna rail against defense bill provision to integrate US military with Israel<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio is on the Hill to testify about the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"107\">State Department<\/a>\u2018s budget request, which reqested 30% less discretionary spending funds than last year, per the <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/budget\/2026\/04\/trumps-2027-budget-request-doubles-down-on-agency-reorganizations-panned-by-congress\/\">Federal News Network<\/a><\/em>. But Rubio is bound to face questions beyond his department\u2019s reduced spending requests, such as on the state of the ceasefire and peace talks with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, the Trump administration\u2019s increasing pressure on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"212\">Cuba<\/a>, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia-ukraine-war\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"311\">Russia-Ukraine War<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will be Rubio\u2019s first testimony before Congress since the start of the Iran war.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubio to testify Tuesday: Senate at 10 a.m., House at 2 p.m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2609494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26143520346275.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32592,75860,45366,34360,38710],"class_list":["post-2609493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-capitol-hill","tag-iran-ceasefire","tag-live-testimony","tag-marco-rubio","tag-u-s-congress"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26143520346275.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2609493"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2609497,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2609493\/revisions\/2609497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2609494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2609493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2609493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2609493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}