Foreign Affairs

Today, an amendment introduced by Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Congressman Diaz-Balart calling for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Treasury, to conduct a study of the effect of the presence of contaminated Chinese drywall on residential mortgage loan foreclosures, was added to the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.

Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Congressman Diaz-Balart sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser urging the agencies to act as quickly as possible in testing and determining the health and safety risks posed by Chinese drywall.

U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart issued the following joint statement today describing as a “serious mistake” President Obama’s decision to unilaterally increase travel and remittance dollars for the Cuban dictatorship.

Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, along with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, today asked President Obama to promptly grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals living in the United States in the wake of the destruction caused by the string of storms that have hit Haiti last hurricane season.

This week Congressman Diaz-Balart supported the extension of trade provisions with Andean nations and pledged his support to continue fighting for a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia.

Congressman Diaz-Balart joined Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Former Prime Minister John Howard at the White House for a ceremony awarding them the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Congressman Diaz-Balart and House Republican Whip Roy Blunt of Missouri will visit the Bouquet Collection plant on Tuesday, October 21st to thank workers and stress the importance of Congress passing a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia.

Today President George W. Bush announced an 18-month extension on Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for Nicaraguan and Honduran nationals in the U.S. Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21) made the following statement.