"Senator Rubio and I share many similar views on foreign policy and as a result, have worked closely together in the Senate to move forward with legislation regarding human rights around the world, the continued threat of China, and the recent sham election in Venezuela," Durbin said in the statement.

President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the State Department, is expected to tell his Senate colleagues Wednesday morning that the incoming administration will place American interests “above all else.” “Placing our core national interests above all else is not isolationism,

Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of State, is widely expected to win Senate confirmation to the post.