Cuba

Díaz-Balart, Salazar, Giménez, Rubio, and Scott Denounce the Biden Administration's Failure to Designate the Terrorist Cuban Regime as a “Not Fully Cooperating Country” with U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts

May 17, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C.–Today, Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), and Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL), denounce the Biden Administration’s failure to designate Cuba as a "not fully cooperating country" (NFCC) with U.S.

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Rep. Díaz-Balart 'Americans deserve better than a weak and confused foreign policy'

April 10, 2024

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Issues:AppropriationsCubaForeign AffairsImmigrationDefense/National Security

Declaración del Legislador Díaz-Balart, presidente de la Subcomision sobre el Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Programas Relacionados, sobre la Aprobación de la Legislación de Asignaciones para el Año Fiscal 2024 para las Seis Leyes de Fi

March 22, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – El legislador Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), presidente de la Subcomisión sobre el Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Programas Relacionados (SFOPS), en la Comisión de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes, emitió la siguiente declaración tras la aprobación que incluye los seis proyectos de ley de asignaciones restantes para el Año Fiscal 2024: Defensa; Servicios Financieros; Seguridad Nacional; Trabajo, Salud y Servicios Humanos; Rama Legislativa; y el Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Progr

Issues:AppropriationsCubaForeign AffairsImmigrationDefense/National SecurityFiscal Responsibility

Chairman Díaz-Balart’s Statement on Passage of the FY24 Appropriations Legislation for the Six Remaining Funding Bills

March 22, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chairman of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Subcommittee, issued the following statement after House passage of legislation that includes the remaining six appropriat

Issues:AppropriationsCubaForeign AffairsImmigrationDefense/National SecurityFiscal Responsibility

MEDIA ADVISORY: House GOP Cuban-Americans to Condemn Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus' Secret Trip to Cuba, Insist on State Department to Adhere to the Law and Keep Cuba on State-Sponsor of Terrorism List

March 7, 2024

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos Giménez (FL-28), and Rosa María Paya will hold a press conference to condemn the Congressional Progressive Caucus' trip to Cuba, highlight the human rights atrocities committed by Cuba's communist regime, and call on the State Department to keep Cuba on the State-Sponsor of Terrorism List.

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Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Díaz-Balart Denounces the Cuban Regime's Dangerous Interference in U.S. Elections

December 19, 2023

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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement denouncing the Cuban regime's dangerous interference in U.S. elections:

Issues:CubaForeign Affairs

Proyecto de Ley de la Subcomisión de Asignaciones sobre el Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Programas Relacionados de Díaz-Balart para el Año Fiscal 24 Aprobado por la Cámara

September 29, 2023

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – El Congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Presidente de la Subcomisión sobre el Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Programas Relacionados, en la Comisión de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes, emitió la siguiente declaración tras la aprobación H.R. 4665, el proyecto de ley de financiacion de la Subcomisión del Departamento de Estado, Operaciones Extranjeras y Programas Relacionados del Año Fiscal 2024.

Issues:AppropriationsCubaForeign AffairsFiscal Responsibility

Díaz-Balart's Bill to Fund State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Passes House

September 29, 2023

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement after the passage H.R. 4665, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs bill for fiscal year 2024.

Issues:AppropriationsCubaForeign AffairsFiscal Responsibility

Díaz-Balart Statement Regarding Cuban Nationals Released on I-220A

September 13, 2023

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) issued the following statement regarding the Board of Immigration Appeals ruling regarding Cuban nationals released on I-220A:

"I am deeply outraged by the Biden Administration’s grotesque and irresponsible immigration decisions, which are causing confusion, chaos, and injustice. I raised these concerns last year, soon after Cuban nationals escaping totalitarianism started to receive the I-220A form from the Department of Homeland Security.

Issues:CubaForeign AffairsImmigration

English/Español: Díaz-Balart Statement on Díaz-Canel Announced Visit to the United Nations

August 22, 2023

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WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) issued the following statement regarding Díaz-Canel's announced visit to the United Nations (U.N.):

“I am appalled by the Biden Administration’s appeasement of dangerous adversaries and rewarding human rights abusers, this time by granting the special privilege of U.S. entry to Cuba’s Díaz-Canel, and the rest of his “delegation” of thugs, particularly after the expulsion of Cuban diplomat-spies over the past two decades from the missions in New York and Washington, D.C. for espionage.

Issues:Cuba