Press Releases

Diaz-Balart: With Mosquito-Transmitted Cases Confirmed, POTUS Must Use Available Funds to Combat Zika

July 29, 2016

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the Florida Department of Health confirmed the first mosquito-transmitted Zika cases in the United States. All four cases are in Florida.

Issues:AppropriationsZika

Diaz-Balart Announces Federal Funding for New Buses for Miami-Dade County Transit

July 22, 2016

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Miami-Dade County was awarded a $2.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Low-Emission or No-Emission Vehicle Program for the purchase of electric buses.

Issues:Transportation and Housing

Diaz-Balart Remembers Payá and Cepero on 4th Anniversary of Their Deaths

July 22, 2016

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement on the 4th anniversary of the deaths of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, two Cuban pro-democracy activists who are believed to have been killed by the Cuban regime.

Issues:Cuba

Diaz-Balart: Interior Appropriations Bill Protects Everglades, Environment While Removing Bureaucratic Red Tape

July 14, 2016

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 5538, the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017.

Issues:AppropriationsEverglades Restoration

Diaz-Balart Remembers “13 de Marzo” Victims

July 13, 2016

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) released the following statement honoring the victims of the “13 de Marzo” attack on its 22^nd anniversary.

Issues:Cuba

Diaz-Balart Supports Combating Palestinian Incitement

July 12, 2016

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill was approved in full committee. The bill included language that would require State Department to issue reports on Palestinian incitement, and what actions the Department is taking to end to it.

Issues:AppropriationsForeign Affairs

Diaz-Balart Votes to Extend Sanctions Against Maduro Regime

July 6, 2016

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of S. 2845, the Extension of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act.

Issues:Foreign Affairs

Diaz-Balart Supports Mental Health Reform

July 6, 2016

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Diaz-Balart was an original co-sponsor of the legislation.

Issues:Healthcare

Diaz-Balart: Senate Democrats Choose to Play Politics Over Combating Zika

June 28, 2016

Press Release

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Senate Democrats voted to block the final conference report for H.R. 2577, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Zika Response Appropriations Act.

Issues:AppropriationsHealthcareZika

Joint Statement on SCOTUS Ruling

June 23, 2016

Press Release

WASHINGTON – Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), Fred Upton (MI-6), Mike Coffman (CO-6), Dan Newhouse (WA-4), David Valadao (CA-21), Jeff Denham (CA-10), and Bob Dold (IL-10) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled 4-4 in the United States vs. Texas case.

Issues:Immigration