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Defense/National Security

June 2, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee (NSRP), Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, delivered the following opening remarks during the NSRP Budget Hearing on Tuesday, June 2nd at 2:00 PM ET.

June 2, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, will hold a Department of State and Related Programs Budget Hearing on Tuesday, June 2nd at 2:00 PM ET.

May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representative Mario Díaz-Balart, Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, issued the following statement following the announcement of the indictment of Raúl Castro: 

May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy el legislador Mario Díaz-Balart, presidente de la Subcomisión de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes sobre Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados, emitió la siguiente declaración tras el anuncio de la acusación formal contra Raúl Castro:

May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, issued the following statement commemorating Cuban Independence Day: 

May 20, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, el legislador Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), vicepresidente de la Comisión de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes y presidente de la Subcomisión sobre Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados, emitió la siguiente declaración conmemorando el Día de la Independencia de Cuba: 

May 19, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) will host a joint press conference making the case for indicting Raúl Castro following his involvement in the 1996 shootdown of the Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft and highlighting the national security threat that the Castro regime poses to the United States.

May 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations and member of the Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations, issued the following statement after the passage of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs funding bill for fiscal year 2027: 

May 14, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz- Balart (FL-26), Vice Chairman and co-founder of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI), issued the following statement ahead of CHLI’s 22nd Annual Gala and Leadership Awards, where Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa Azin will receive the CHLI Founders International Leadership Award:

“I am proud to congratulate President Daniel Noboa Azin on receiving the CHLI Founders International Leadership Award.

April 29, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, issued the following statement after House Republicans voted to extend S.1318, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act, through April 2029: