Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to publicly testify before the Senate next week about the Trump administration’s actions in Venezuela.

Returns to his old seat in the Senate have become fairly routine for Rubio in recent months, especially as lawmakers have called for greater transparency into the administration’s actions in Venezuela and the Caribbean.

And once again, Mr. Rubio will appear on the Hill when the Senate returns from recess next week, sources confirmed to Fox News Digital. He is scheduled to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on January 28 at 10 a.m.

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Mr. Rubio laid out a three-phase plan for the United States to deal with Venezuela. (Evelyn Hochstein/Reuters)

The pre-panel hearing comes after Mr. Rubio acted as a key figure in convincing two holdouts, Sens. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Josh Hawley (R-Missouri). – to overturn the vote and thwart Senate Democrats’ attempt last week to curb President Donald Trump’s war powers.

Their main concern was that the regime would set foot in the region, and that Congress should have a say in that case.

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Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, speaks to reporters after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 28, 2025. (Andrew Caballero Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Mr. Rubio appeared to win them over through assurances, assurances and an agreement to testify publicly on the issue.

Young said at the time that he “had to accept that this was a correspondence exercise,” but noted that it was a moment used to “shine a bright light on Congress’ shortcomings related to war powers in recent history.”

Rubio also sent a letter to Senate Foreign Relations Chairman James Risch (R-Idaho) ahead of last week’s vote, specifying that the administration would provide Congress with an indication of any future military action in the region.

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Sen. Tim Kaine (Virginia) has just begun efforts to curb President Donald Trump’s war powers around the world and plans to introduce more war powers resolutions in the coming weeks. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

He later reiterated the same message to Young, saying that if President Trump “determines that he intends to commit U.S. forces to hostilities in a major military operation in Venezuela, he intends to seek prior approval from Congress (if circumstances permit).”

Still, despite these assurances to Republicans, committee member Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) intends to continue his efforts to corral Trump’s war authorities.

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Before lawmakers left Washington, Kaine said he intended to “submit everything we can to challenge the state of emergency, challenge the illegal war, report on human rights, and request arms transfers if we’re wrong.”