The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as the Secretary of State for the Trump Administration.
The vote was unanimous, 99-0, with former Sen. JD Vance not voting since he is now the vice president and was busy with Inauguration Day events. As vice president, he is the official president of the Senate and can vote when there is a tie.
It’s President Donald Trump’s first official cabinet member.
Rubio, 53, is the son of Cuban immigrant working class parents and has served in the Senate since 2011. He was Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2008 and ran for president in 2016.