Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio is expected to be confirmed as secretary of state Monday evening following President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The Senate wil confirm Rubio. Rubio will likely be the first cabinet member to be sworn in following the inauguration, according to Roll Call.

Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

He’s being undermined by fellow Republicans, and that’s before he shows up to lead a workforce Trump distrusts.

Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state, will face questions from his Senate colleagues on Wednesday morning.

Rubio is seen as a steady foreign policy hand who has the confidence of Trump and Senate colleagues from both parties.

Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect ... not nearly as hostile as that between Trump and Rubio in the 2016 GOP primaries, which was marked by name-calling and personal insults.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday that state Attorney General Ashley Moody will be taking Marco Rubio’s place as the Sunshine State’s junior senator. DeSantis announced his pick at a news conference in Orlando days before Rubio is set to resign to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.

Rubio appeared to be on a glide path to winning confirmation as secretary of state while Bondi looks poised to become the nation’s top law enforcement official.

Other Florida senators expected to attend the inauguration are Sen. Jay Collins, R-Tampa; Sen. Ileana Garcia, R-Miami; Sen. Blaise Ingoglia, R-Spring Hill; Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers; and Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez, R-Doral, according to information obtained by USA TODAY Network-Florida.

During the confirmation hearing for Marco Rubio in the Senate this week, Rubio sounded the alarm over China's influence over the Panama Canal.

The president-elect’s carefully chosen appointments represent his vision and priorities for his return to the White House