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Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart delivered remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives on July 23, 2019 regarding the ongoing democratic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, and how Temporary Protected Status is crucial to the thousands of Venezuelan nationals that have sought safety in the United States in the years that the Chavez-Maduro regimes have ravished the once prosperous and democratic Venezuela.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Diaz-Balart issued the following statement in support of the Trump Administration's announced new sanctions on Iran's iron, steel, aluminum, and copper sectors. Iran has been a U.S.-designated state sponsor of terrorism since 1984, having been found to repeatedly provide support for acts of international terrorism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Los Representantes de Estados Unidos Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-25) y Donna Shalala (FL-27) emitieron las siguientes declaraciones después de presentar una legislación que proporcionaría el Estado de Protección Temporal (TPS) a ciudadanos nicaragüenses que ya se encuentran en los Estados Unidos.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– U.S. Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) and Donna Shalala (FL-27) issued the following statements after introducing legislation that would provide Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Nicaraguan nationals already in the United States.
"I am proud, along with my friend and colleague Rep. Donna Shalala, to introduce the Nicaragua TPS Act of 2019 to allow Nicaraguans to remain in the United States until it is safe for them to return to Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart provided the following clarification after several press reports misinterpreted comments that he made on Tucker Carlson's show broadcast on Fox News on April 30, 2019.
Diaz-Balart: Diaz-Balart se reunió con miembros de la comunidad nicaragüense en el sur de la Florida
MIAMI – Díaz-Balart emitió la siguiente declaración luego de reunirse con miembros de la comunidad nicaragüense en el sur de la Florida en el primer aniversario de las protestas contra el gobierno de Nicaragua.
MIAMI – Diaz-Balart issued the following statement after meeting with members of the Nicaraguan community in South Florida on the first anniversary of anti-government protests.
"Today marks one year since thousands of courageous Nicaraguans took to the streets to protest the oppressive Ortega regime and its arbitrary measures against social security. On the first anniversary of these protests, I was honored to meet with members of our Southern Florida Nicaraguan community to discuss ways to tighten pressure on the Ortega regime and promote democracy in Nicaragua.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Diaz-Balart issued the following statement following the Trump Administration's decision to allow lawsuits against traffickers in confiscated property, and to prohibit U.S. entry to those traffickers, as authorized in the LIBERTAD Act of 1996.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Diaz-Balart emitió la siguiente declaración tras la decisión de la Administración del presidente Trump de permitir juicios contra traficantes de bienes confiscados y la prohibición de entrada a esas personas a EE.UU., según la autorización contenida en la Ley LIBERTAD de 1996.