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January 27, 2026

Collier County, FL – On Wednesday, January 28, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus, will attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony commemorating the completion of the Picayune Strand Restoration Project, one of the largest wetland restoration efforts in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).

January 8, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after House passage of three Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills: Commerce, Justice, and Science, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, and the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.

August 15, 2025

Southern Florida –– Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, Dean of the Florida Delegation, and Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus, proudly announces that he secured $461 million for Everglades restoration and preservation in the Fiscal Year 2026 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, which was approved by the House Appropriations Committee last month. 

April 15, 2024
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) led a bipartisan letter alongside Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL), Scott Franklin (R-FL), and 15 additional colleagues from across the Sunshine State in demanding that the Biden administration does not proceed with any proposed wilderness designation at Big Cypres
August 12, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) issued the following statement regarding Washington Democrats' tax hike and spending spree bill.

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September 13, 2018
Congressman Diaz-Balart, senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations and Founder and Co-Chair of the House Everglades Caucus, issued the following statement after the passage of America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 and the fiscal year 2019 Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act.
July 27, 2017

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) released the following statement after passage of H.R. 3219, the Make America Secure Appropriations Act. This legislation included the Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Energy and Water, and Legislative Branch FY18 appropriations funding.

January 9, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 3, the Keystone XL Pipeline Act.
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