Cuba

Al conocer la noticia del fallecimiento del Senador Edward Kennedy, los Congresistas Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Mario Díaz-Balart hicieron pública la siguiente declaración conjunta hoy.

El Congresista Diaz-Balart hizo hoy la siguiente declaración acerca de la confirmación de la Jueza Sonia Sotomayor para la Corte Suprema de Justicia

U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart issued the following joint statement today describing as a “serious mistake” President Obama’s decision to unilaterally increase travel and remittance dollars for the Cuban dictatorship.

Please find below the text of a letter sent by U.S. Members of Congress Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), on March 24, 2009, to President Barack Obama regarding U.S. policy toward the Cuban dictatorship.

El programa SCHIP (State Children’s Health Insurance), o seguro médico para los niños de familias de bajos recursos, fue aprobado hoy por el Congreso estadounidense. El Congresista Diaz-Balart votó a favor de esta propuesta, que se convertirá en ley esta semana.

Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Kendrick Meek (D-FL) will participate in a local swearing-in ceremony for the 111th Congress on Monday, January 26th at 10:30 a.m. at the courtyard of the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse in Downtown Miami.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will hold a press conference in Collier County tomorrow, Wednesday, August 27th at 11:30 a.m. to highlight his CARS Act, a bill that will give Collier County commuters a tax deduction on gas expenses.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will hold a press conference on Tuesday, February 26th in Washington, DC to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Brothers to the Rescue shoot down.