Rubio has laid out the United States' three-phase plan for Venezuela. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
The hearing before the panel comes after Rubio acted as a key figure to convince a pair of holdouts — Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. — to flip their votes and kill an attempt by Senate Democrats to rein in President Donald Trump's war authorities last week.
Their primary concerns were that the administration would put boots on the ground in the region, and that Congress should have a say if that were the case.
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is just getting started on his pursuit to rein in President Donald Trump's war authorities across the globe and plans to file even more war powers resolutions in the coming weeks. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
He then re-upped that same message to Young, where he said that should Trump "determine that he intends to introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities in major military operations in Venezuela, he would seek congressional authorization in advance (circumstances permitting)."
Still, despite these guarantees to Republicans, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who sits on the committee, plans to continue his quest to corral Trump’s war authorities.
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Kaine said before lawmakers left Washington that he planned to "file every one I can to challenge emergencies, to challenge unlawful wars, to seek human rights reports, arms transfers if they're wrong."
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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