Vice President J.D. Vance swore in the former Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody as a new senator this week. The Senate seat was filled as Rubio was confirmed to be President Donald Trump’s Secretary of State. Read: As Trump, Desantis threaten mass deportations, Florida business experts concerned — but skeptical
Former U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in as secretary of State on Tuesday morning and pledged to improve the department and make the country and world better over the next four years.
The Senator is expected to be an easy confirmation, but that didn't mean there was no drama Wednesday morning.
"Cuba is literally collapsing, both generationally in terms of all the young people leaving but it's also collapsing economically" said Rubio
Sen. MARCO RUBIO (R-Fla.) is used to questioning witnesses after his 14 years in the Senate and eight years in the Florida House. But on Wednesday, he was the one getting questions from his soon-to-be-former colleagues to become President-elect DONALD TRUMP ’s next secretary of State.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced his choice to replace Sen. Marco Rubio who has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of state. Reports on Wednesday said DeSantis is naming Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to the seat. Previous reports said that she was among his top considerations.
Fla., sailed through his secretary of state confirmation hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has tapped the state’s Republican attorney general, Ashley Moody, to replace Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in the Senate following his nomination to serve as
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed on Thursday who will replace Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., in the Senate after he is likely confirmed to be Secretary of State.
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – It’s the second day of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s nominees on Capitol Hill. Secretary of State nominee Florida Senator Marco Rubio and the nominee for attorney general Pam Bondi are scheduled Wednesday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced state Attorney General Ashley Moody would replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate.
Moody, 49, becomes the second woman to represent Florida in the U.S. Senate, after Paula Hawkins, a Republican who served one term in the 1980s.