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Defense/National Security

January 3, 2026

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 and the United States Armed Forces for capturing one of the world’s most notorious narco-terrorists, Nicolas Maduro:

December 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs of the House Committee on Appropriations, spoke on the House floor in opposition to a War Powers resolution that would restrict President Trump's ability to take decisive action against narco-terrorist cartels operating in the Western Hemisphere where their criminal activity most directly threatens the safety and security of the American people.

December 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), and member of the Defense Subcommittee, released the following statement after the passage of 

December 10, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) co-authored an op-ed alongside Markus Wiechel, a member of the Swedish Parliament, on the Cuban regime's long history of supporting terrorist groups and adversaries, including its active role today in one of the most urgent security threats: Russia's war against Ukraine.

December 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, los legisladores Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) y Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) emitieron la siguiente declaración conjunta con respecto a la reciente decisión del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) de suspender los trámites migratorios en Estados Unidos.

December 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Reps. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) and Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) released the following joint statement regarding the recent U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s decision to halt immigration applications:

December 2, 2025

Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations Vice Chair and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL)—alongside Appropriators Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) and Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV)—led a joint briefing with the House Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the escalating violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria with religious freedom and foreign relations experts.

December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, December 2nd, House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart, joined by fellow Appropriators and members of the Foreign Affairs and Financial Services Committees, will convene a joint briefing with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and other experts to spotlight the escalating violence and targeted persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

November 25, 2025

MIAMI, FL –  El legislador Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), presidente de la Subcomisión que determina los fondos para la política exterior de EE.UU. de la Comision de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes y una de las voces principales de la política exterior de nuestra nación, anunció que él, junto con los legisladores Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Carlos A.

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.