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Secretary Rubio Testifies Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the FY26 State Budget, May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 2:57:14

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on Capitol Hill on May 21, 2025, on the fiscal 2026 Department of State budget request, according to the State Department broadcast, which carries the full hearing.

The appearance was the second of two House budget hearings for Rubio that day, following his morning testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and part of a two-day round of FY26 budget testimony across four committees.

Why it matters

The appropriations hearing is where the administration’s foreign-policy budget meets its congressional check: the subcommittee controls the State Department’s funding, and Rubio’s defense of the FY26 request here is the record against which the enacted numbers are measured.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, official upload (embedded above). Remarks as delivered 2025-05-21; transcript reviewed in the site’s private research store; full transcript at state.gov.