Appropriations
May 17, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the Committee approved the fiscal year 2019 Agriculture Appropriations bill.
Issues:AgricultureAppropriations
May 15, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, issued the following statement after he introduced the fiscal year 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill.
April 12, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart delivered the following opening statement during a House Appropriations hearing on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s FY2019 budget request with Secretary Elaine Chao.
April 6, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart, a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the implementation of up to $2.36 billion in disaster payments in response to the 2017 hurricane season and wildfires.
Issues:AgricultureAppropriations
April 5, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued an additional allocation of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program funding to assist in recovery from the 2017 hurricane season.
April 3, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a $3.6 million Competitive Bus and Bus facilities grant for fiscal year 2017 to Miami-Dade County.
March 22, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, issued the following statement after the House passage of the fiscal year 2018 omnibus funding bill.
March 20, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart delivered the following opening statement during a House Appropriations hearing on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s FY2019 budget request with Secretary Ben Carson.
March 6, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, and Senator Rubio, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statements today after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a TIGER grant of over $13 million to transform Immokalee’s infrastructure:
February 9, 2018
WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Chairman of the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement after Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act.
"This bipartisan legislation continues government operations and funds programs that are critical to Americans across the nation. It also invests in our military during a time where we must provide our troops with the proper resources to defend our country, help our allies, and stand up to our adversaries.