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July 25, 2019
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) issued the following statement after the House passed the bipartisan Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 by a vote of 272-158.
July 25, 2019
Los representantes Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-25) y Darren Soto (FL-09) emitieron las siguientes declaraciones después de la Cámara de Representantes aprobó la Ley bipartidista de TPS de Venezuela de 2019 por un voto de 272-158.
July 25, 2019
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart issued the following statement after some members of the House voted against stating that Venezuela’s “economic, humanitarian, security, and refugee crisis is the direct result of years of socialist policies implemented by the regimes of Hugo Chavez and Nicolas Maduro.”
July 24, 2019

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

Reps. Diaz-Balart and Yoho in Miami Herald: International community must have Guaidó's back during Venezuelan crisis

International community must have Guaidó's back during Venezuelan crisis

Miami Herald

Op-Ed: Mario Diaz-Balart And Ted Yoho

July 23, 2019

Excerpts below; read the full op-ed in the Miami Herald HERE.

July 24, 2019

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives on July 23, 2019 regarding the ongoing democratic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, and how Temporary Protected Status is crucial to the thousands of Venezuelan nationals that have sought safety in the United States in the years that the Chavez-Maduro regimes have ravished the once prosperous and democratic Venezuela.


May 23, 2019
Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) and Darren Soto (FL-09) applaud the passage of the Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 (H.R. 549), through the House Committee on the Judiciary and urge continuing work on the bill until it becomes law.
May 8, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­­–– Diaz-Balart issued the following statement in support of the Trump Administration's announced new sanctions on Iran's iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors. Iran has been a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism since 1984, having been found to repeatedly provide support for acts of international terrorism.

May 1, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­­–– Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart provided the following clarification after several press reports misinterpreted comments that he made on Tucker Carlson's show broadcast on Fox News on April 30, 2019.

May 1, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­­–– U.S. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) and Donna Shalala (FL-27) issued the following statements after introducing legislation that would provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Nicaraguan nationals already in the United States.

"I am proud, along with my friend and colleague Rep. Donna Shalala, to introduce the Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 to allow Nicaraguans to remain in the United States until it is safe for them to return to Nicaragua.

May 1, 2019

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­­–– Los Representantes de Estados Unidos Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-25) y Donna Shalala (FL-27) emitieron las siguientes declaraciones después de presentar una legislación que proporcionaría el Estado de Protección Temporal (TPS) a ciudadanos nicaragüenses que ya se encuentran en los Estados Unidos.