Tensions boiled over during Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s Senate hearing on the 2026 budget as multiple protesters disrupted the session, shouting “Stop the genocide!” just as Rubio began his opening statement. Capitol police quickly removed the demonstrators, but not before the chants echoed through the chamber, forcing a pause in proceedings. The outbursts come amid growing outrage over U.S. foreign policy and support for Israel’s actions in Gaza. With international criticism mounting, today’s hearing became a flashpoint for public anger, turning a routine session into a dramatic confrontation. Here's what happened inside the room — and what it says about the state of global outrage.
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00:00As the people have abandoned it, that means that in a world where you need to conduct real foreign policy in a mature and structured way, there are ways you're going to have to balance all these.
00:17Actually, Senator Rubio, we're making progress. There's protests in English now.
00:22Oh, remember that? Yeah. Remember last time.
00:24Some make all the sense in the world, and we wanted to pursue those programs.
00:30American flags is a sad commentary on the foreign assistance legacy for this administration.
00:39American flags coming down around the world. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
00:43Well, thank you, Senator Shaheen. Senator, or Secretary Rubio, there appears to be a modest disagreement in view of the condition today.
00:53It's your turn. Close the gap for us, please.
00:56Thank you. It's an honor to be here on behalf of the National Archives, and in addition to...
01:01We don't have time for you to listen.
01:03Okay, well, we'll focus on state today.
01:06I appreciate the opportunity to speak to you today.
01:08You know, when I came here four months ago, I told you that what I wanted was a State Department that was at the heart and soul of American foreign policy,
01:15that it was the single biggest driver both of action but also of ideas, and we're well on our way to achieving that.
01:22And the way we've... I'll talk about some of the individual things we've accomplished during that time,
01:26but first let me explain sort of some of the processes by which we seek to arrive at it.
01:29The first is a reorganization of the way the State Department functions,
01:33and we have sort of previewed that with the committee and many of the individual members.
01:38Obviously, we'll have to come... We've taken input and are taking input now through the notice process,
01:43and then we'll come back to you with a formal congressional notification once,
01:46but we are taking a lot of the input, both provided by individual members and your staff, but also from inside the building.
01:52But if I could simplify the goal as this, and that is...
01:55Yeah, all right. First...
01:57Stop the genocide.
02:01Carry on.
02:02The goal is to drive power and action in our agency to the regional bureaus and to our embassies.
02:10On everything we do, we want our foreign policy to be holistic.
02:13Because the people have abandoned it. That means that in a world where you need to conduct real foreign policy
02:18in a mature and structured way, there are ways you're going to have to balance all these...
02:22Stop it now!
02:24There's no more help!
02:26I can't believe I'm standing in the middle of it!
02:30Actually, Senator Rubio, we're making progress.
02:33There's protests in English now, so...
02:36Oh, remember that? Yeah.
02:37Remember last time.
02:38So, we have to understand, and that's why we think it's so important that our regional bureaus
02:43be at the core and at the heart of everything we do.
02:45And so we feel good about that part of it.
02:48By the same token, I think critical to this are some of the reforms we're trying to make to foreign aid.
02:52And I said, when I appeared before this committee, everything we do has to make us stronger, safer, or more prosperous.
02:57So we've undertaken a review of our foreign aid.
02:59And the reality is that there are many of these programs, they may have...
03:03Some are good programs.
03:04Some make all the sense in the world, and we wanted to pursue those programs.
03:11Some of these programs make all the sense in the world, but frankly, on the priority scale,
03:17perhaps other programs are more important.
03:19Others, frankly, made no sense at all.
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