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June 6, 2012
Congressmen Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Rivera, and Senators Menendez and Rubio met with representatives of IKEA of Sweden AB and IKEA North America Services, LLC, regarding recent reports that IKEA may have contracted in the 1980s with the Cuban regime to use prisoner slave labor to manufacture furniture.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
June 2, 2012
Rep. Diaz-Balart released the following statement on the death of Adolfo Calero Portocarrero, who passed away this morning:
Issues:Foreign Affairs
May 21, 2012
Rep. Diaz-Balart and Rep. Rivera will host a conference call tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22nd at 9:00 AM ET to discuss Obama rolling out the red carpet for the Castro family.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
May 18, 2012
Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera sent a letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton expressing outrage that the Obama Administration provided entry visas to high-level Cuban Communist Party operatives Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Eusebio Leal, and Mariela Castro Espin.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
May 18, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart commends Governor Romney's stance against visas that were provided to state-sponsored terrorism officials.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
May 17, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart called for the immediate release of four brave activists working to bring human rights and democracy to the oppressed people of North Korea.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
May 17, 2012
Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, Sires, and Rivera sent a letter to Secretary Hillary Clinton expressing outrage that the Obama Administration provided entry visas to high-level Cuban Communist Party operatives Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, Eusebio Leal, and Mariela Castro Espin, while the regime continues to imprison American aid worker Alan Gross.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
May 16, 2012
Rep. Diaz-Balart applauds the enforcement of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which went into effect yesterday.
Issues:Foreign AffairsTrade
March 9, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement commending the Florida House Legislature for passing HB 959 (companion to SB 1144), State and Local Government Relations with Cuba or Syria bill.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
March 1, 2012
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to Communist China’s plans to repatriate refugees to the oppressive regime in North Korea and the protest by South Korean National Assemblywoman Park Sum-Young.