{"id":2610033,"date":"2026-06-03T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-marco-rubio-heads-back-to-capitol-hill-for-second-day\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:41:13","slug":"watch-live-marco-rubio-heads-back-to-capitol-hill-for-second-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-marco-rubio-heads-back-to-capitol-hill-for-second-day\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH LIVE: Marco Rubio heads back to Capitol Hill for second day\u00a0"},"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\">24<\/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-heads-back-to-capitol-hill-for-second-day%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=2610033&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>Secretary of State Marco Rubio returns to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a second day of back-to-back testimony before House and Senate committees. He will first appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee at 10 a.m. to discuss the State Department\u2019s fiscal 2027 budget, which seeks 30% less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-budget-plan-will-show-biden-wont-change-border-policies\/\" title=\"Rep. Biggs: ... 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>. Later, at 3 p.m., he is scheduled to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee\u2019s State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs subcommittee.Rubio is expected to face questions again about the war in Iran, where a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fragile ceasefire appears<\/a> to have been disrupted by U.S. and Iranian \u201cself-defense\u201d strikes.  <\/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\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> is heading back to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/capitol-hill\/\">Capitol Hill <\/a>on Wednesday\u00a0for his second day of back-to-back testimonies before <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\">House<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> committees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rubio will testify before the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-foreign-affairs-committee\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2404\">House Foreign Affairs Committee<\/a> at 10 a.m. about the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"107\">State Department\u2019s<\/a> budget for fiscal 2027, which requested 30% less discretionary spending funds than last year.<\/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\/house\/4592686\/watch-live-marco-rubio-capitol-hill-second-day\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WATCH LIVE: Marco Rubio heads back to Capitol Hill for second day<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4591399\/tom-kean-jr-gop-nominee-new-jersey-democrat\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">               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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4591386\/rubio-rosen-embarrassing-iran-peace-negotiations\/\"><strong>RUBIO TAKES ISSUE WITH ROSEN SAYING IT\u2019S \u2018EMBARRASSING\u2019 HE WASN\u2019T INVOLVED IN IRAN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Department head will then testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee at 3 p.m., following his questioning in the House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is likely to again field questions about the war in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, which rests on a fragile ceasefire that was seemingly interrupted Tuesday evening by U.S. and Iranian forces trading \u201cself-defense\u201d 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