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Defense/National Security

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:

April 28, 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 tras la aprobación del proyecto de ley de Asignaciones para la Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados (NSRP, por sus siglas en inglés) del Año Fiscal 2027.

April 28, 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 Committee’s approval of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) appropriations bill.

April 28, 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, delivered the following opening remarks during the House Appropriations Committee Full Markup of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) appropriations bill.

April 28, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, the House Appropriations Committee Chairman, Tom Cole, and Vice Chair Mario Díaz-Balart, Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), will lead the full committee 

April 23, 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 tras la publicación del proyecto de ley de Asignaciones para la Seguridad Nacional, Departamento de Estado y Programas Relacionados (NSRP, por sus siglas en inglés) del Año Fiscal 2027.

April 23, 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 release of the Fiscal Year 2027 National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP) appropriations bill.