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June 6, 2012
Congressmen Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Rivera, and Senators Menendez and Rubio met with representatives of IKEA of Sweden AB and IKEA North America Services, LLC, regarding recent reports that IKEA may have contracted in the 1980s with the Cuban regime to use prisoner slave labor to manufacture furniture.
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May 21, 2012
Rep. Diaz-Balart and Rep. Rivera will host a conference call tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22nd at 9:00 AM ET to discuss Obama rolling out the red carpet for the Castro family.
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May 18, 2012
Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera sent a letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton expressing outrage that the Obama Administration provided entry visas to high-level Cuban Communist Party operatives Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Eusebio Leal, and Mariela Castro Espin.
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May 18, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart commends Governor Romney's stance against visas that were provided to state-sponsored terrorism officials.
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May 17, 2012
Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera sent a letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton expressing outrage that the Obama Administration provided entry visas to high-level Cuban Communist Party operatives Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Eusebio Leal, and Mariela Castro Espin, while the regime continues to imprison American aid worker Alan Gross.
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May 15, 2012
Rep. Diaz-Balart offered the following statement for the Congressional Record, commemorating the life of political activist Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a prominent figure in the fight for democracy on the island of Cuba:
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March 30, 2012
Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera issued a joint statement expressing grave concern for Cuban protester Andres Carrion Alvarez, and calling on human rights groups to demand the release of all political prisoners in Cuba.
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March 9, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement commending the Florida House Legislature for passing HB 959 (companion to SB 1144), State and Local Government Relations with Cuba or Syria bill.
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February 29, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to the plans by Galway’s City Council to erect a memorial to mass murderer Ernesto “Che” Guevara in Galway, Ireland.
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February 23, 2012
Los Congresistas Díaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, y Rivera hicieron las siguientes declaraciones conmemorando el segundo aniversario de la muerte de un héroe Cubano, Orlando Zapata Tamayo que dio la vida por la libertad de Cuba.
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