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August 10, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Ami Bera (D-CA), Andy Barr (R-KY), and Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus sent a joint letter to the Honorable Mindaugas Sinkevičius, Prime Minister of Lithuania; Honorable Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania; Honorable Juozas Olekas, Speaker of the Seimas; Honorable Kęstutis Budrys, Foreign Minister; and Honorable Robertas Kaunas, Defense Minister, requesting that Lithuania continues its courageous path of maintaining relations with Taiwan.

August 7, 2026

CALI, COLOMBIA - El congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), vicepresidente del Comité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes y presidente del Subcomité de Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados, integró la Delegación Presidencial de Estados Unidos que asistió a la toma de posesión de Abelardo de la Espriella como presidente de la República de Colombia.

August 7, 2026

CALI, COLOMBIA - 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, was a member of the United States Presidential Delegation at the inauguration of Abelardo de la Espriella as President of the Republic of Colombia.

August 6, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – El congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), vicepresidente del Comité de Asignaciones de la Cámara de Representantes y presidente del Subcomité de Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados, anunció hoy que integrará la Delegación Presidencial de Estados Unidos a la República de Colombia para asistir a la ceremonia de toma de posesión del presidente electo, Abelardo de la Espriella:

August 6, 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, announced he will join the United States Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Colombia to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella:

July 15, 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 after the House passage of the

July 15, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, delivered opening remarks while leading debate on the House floor in support for the FY2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill (H.R. 8595).

July 13, 2026

MIAMI, FL - Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, issued the following statement in solidarity with the Cuban people on the fifth anniversary of the July 11, 2021, pro-democracy protests in Cuba:

“Today, we stand in solidarity with the brave Cuban people who, on July 11, 2021, made history by rising up across the island to demand freedom, dignity, and an end to decades of tyranny.

July 8, 2026

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July 5, 2026