Lawmakers advanced a controversial immigration bill and pressed forward on confirming the president’s Cabinet nominees.

The freeze will last until OMB, OPM and the Department of Government Efficiency submit a plan to the White House to reduce the size of the federal workforce.

Rubio was sworn in by Vice President J.D. Vance while standing next to his wife, Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio. The vote to confirm him by the U.S. Senate was unanimous.

Marco Rubio told State Department employees that changes under President Trump “are not meant to be destructive, they’re not meant to be punitive.”

Rep. Elise Stefanik has pledged to push President Donald Trump’s “America First” stance if confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and roll out a review of U.S. funding critical for U.N. agencies.

Vice President JD Vance, who served as a senator alongside Marco Rubio, called him a “bipartisan solutions seeker.”

Marco Rubio became the first of President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees to take his post on Tuesday after being confirmed by a unanimous vote the previous night. The tally for the now-former Florida senator was 99-0,

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet.

Both sides agree that it will be Trump who decides if Rubio is MAGA enough to remain a member of his administration and represent his views around the world. He unceremoniously fired his first secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, via tweet, and has long made clear he views foreign policy as his domain.

Newly sworn-in Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hitting the ground running Tuesday with meetings with his counterparts in the Quad alliance, which includes India, Australia and Japan, a bloc

On his first full day as secretary of State, Marco Rubio is meeting with his counterparts from a group of countries known as the Quad.

After taking the oath of office, Marco Rubio promised that every action taken by the State Department will be determined by the answers to three questions.