Foreign Affairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee (NSRP), Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, delivered the following opening remarks during the NSRP subcommittee field hearing on accountability and reform at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, chaired by Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, will hold a field hearing on accountability and reform at the United Nations today Friday, March 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
MIAMI, FL – House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), issued the following statement commending President Trump’s decisive leadership in launching major combat operations against the Iranian regime, the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) Subcommittee, chaired by Rep.
Hialeah Gardens, FL – Today, U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), and Senator Ashley Moody marked the 30th year since the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft ordered by Raúl Castro, which resulted in the deaths of four innocent men. The Representatives were joined by family members of the victims who perished, as well as leaders of the Cuban American exile community.
Hialeah Gardens, FL – Hoy, los legisladores de Estados Unidos Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) y la senadora Ashley Moody conmemoraron el 30mo aniversario del derribo en 1996 de dos avionetas de Hermanos al Rescate, ordenado por Raúl Castro, que resultó en la muerte de cuatro hombres inocentes. Los congresistas estuvieron acompañados por familiares de las víctimas y por líderes de la comunidad del exilio cubanoamericano.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump asking that his administration consider indicting Raul Castro for his involvement in the 1996 shootdown of the Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft which resulted in four murders in cold blood.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee (NSRP), along with Representatives Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) sent a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of Treasury and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the U.S. Department of Commerce demanding a full review and immediate action to deny any licenses that allow U.S.