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November 25, 2025

MIAMI, FL – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), Chair of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee on the House Appropriations Committee and a leading voice of our nation’s foreign policy, announced that he, alongside Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL-28), Lois Frankel (D-FL-22), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) filed a bipartisan amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Havana Docks Corp. v.

November 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) issued the following statement on Rep.

October 13, 2025

MIAMI, FL — Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), welcomed political prisoner, independent journalist, and leader of the Unión Patriótica de Cuba,

September 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), hosted a virtual national security briefing featuring members of the Ukrainian intelligence and Ukrainian Parliament to expose the alarming presence of thousands of Cuban regime troops fighting alongside Russia in the ongoing war against Ukraine.

September 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) will host a virtual national security briefing featuring members of the Ukrainian intelligence and Ukrainian Parliament to expose the alarming presence of thousands of Cuban regime troops fighting alongside Russia in the war against Ukraine.

This underscores the malign alliance between Russia and Cuba and highlights Russia’s dangerous reach in the Western Hemisphere, which has serious implications for U.S. and regional security.

When: 09/18/25

July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, issued the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee's approval of the proposed fiscal year 2026 funding legislation:

July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy el legislador Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), vicepresidente de la Comisión de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes y presidente de la Subcomisión sobre Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado, y Programas Relacionados de la Cámara de Representantes, emitió la siguiente declaración luego de la publicación del proyecto de ley de Asignaciones para la Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados del Año Fiscal 2026.

July 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) delivered the following opening remarks during the House Appropriations Committee Full Markup.

July 21, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Los legisladores Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26) y Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) reintrodujeron un proyecto de ley bipartidista que propone cambiar el nombre de la calle frente a la embajada del régimen de Cuba en Washington, D.C., como "Oswaldo Payá Way", en honor al activista prodemocracia cubano y líder del Movimiento Cristiano Liberación, Owaldo Payá Sardiñas, quien fue asesinado.

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