Sen. Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioHillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal MORE (R-Fla.) on Saturday said he was "very encouraged" that President Trump is reportedly considering two GOP lawmakers to replace fired FBI Director James Comey.

Rubio wrote on Twitter that either Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn John CornynSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Republican Senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal MORE (R-Texas) or Rep. Trey Gowdy Harold (Trey) Watson GowdySunday shows preview: Election integrity dominates as Nov. 3 nears Tim Scott invokes Breonna Taylor, George Floyd in Trump convention speech Sunday shows preview: Republicans gear up for national convention, USPS debate continues in Washington MORE (R-S.C.) "would be an excellent choice" for FBI chief.

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Rubio's tweet came as Attorney General Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein interviewed four candidates for FBI director on Saturday, including Cornyn, the No. 2 Senate Republican.

The Trump administration is said to be considering nearly a dozen candidates for the top law enforcement post, including Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor who currently sits on the House Intelligence Committee.

The intelligence panel is currently conducting an investigation into Russia's attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, as well as alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Moscow.

Trump's abrupt decision to fire Comey on Tuesday has stirred controversy in Washington and spurred a series of contradictory and competing accounts of the circumstances that led to his ouster.

The FBI is currently being led by Acting Director Andrew McCabe, who was also interviewed Saturday to become the the FBI's permanent chief.