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Secretary Rubio Testifies Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the FY26 State Budget, May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 3:56:11

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What happened

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee 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.

It was the third of four FY26 budget hearings Rubio gave across May 20–21, 2025 — both Senate and House authorizing and appropriations panels — in his first budget season as Secretary.

Why it matters

The Foreign Affairs Committee is the State Department’s authorizing committee in the House; Rubio’s full-session testimony here is the House record of the administration’s first State Department budget and the priorities it funds.

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.