Foreign Affairs

Congressman Diaz-Balart recalls the devastating news he received one year ago on this very day, January 12th.

On Wednesday, July 7th Congressman Diaz-Balart will join the Independent Venezuelan American Citizens (IVAC) and the Venezolanos Perseguido Políticos en el Exilio (VEPPEX) at the Hilton Garden Inn Miami in their celebration of Venezuelan Independence Day.

Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart released the following statement in response to the incident in which a so-called ‘humanitarian’ ship crew attacked Israeli security forces.

U.S. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with her colleagues, U.S. Reps. Meek, Diaz-Balart, Diaz-Balart, and Mack, issued the following statement today on reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be granted a visa to visit New York next week to speak at a conference at the United Nations reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Congressman Diaz-Balart and Congressman Nye, co-chairs of the Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus, hosted a meeting Thursday with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other Members of Congress to discuss the adverse affects of Contaminated Chinese Drywall, latest studies, ongoing investigations and next steps.

Congressman Diaz-Balart met with Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, and other Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.

Congressman Diaz-Balart arrived in Colombia this afternoon as part of an official Congressional Delegation Visit to take part in the World Economic Forum in Cartagena, Colombia.

Congressmen Diaz-Balart is taking part in a bi-partisan Congressional Delegation Visit to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to assess the damage caused during the January 12th Earthquake and conditions on the ground.