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August 25, 2009
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) hosted a roundtable with leaders of the Southern Florida Haitian Community today to discuss U.S. relations with Haiti, Temporary Protected Status for Haitian nationals in the U.S. and aid for the Haitian people.
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July 28, 2009
Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) congratulated the Peruvian Community on its Independence Day.
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July 20, 2009
Today Congressman Diaz-Balart made the following statement on the 199th anniversary of Colombia’s independence from Spain.
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July 17, 2009
Today Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Lincoln Diaz-Balart co-sponsored a resolution supporting Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian Nationals currently living in the U.S. H.Con.Res.144 was introduced by Congressman Alcee L. Hastings of Florida.
Issues:Foreign AffairsImmigration
July 17, 2009
This week the Congressional Friends of Spain Caucus was re-introduced in the House of Representatives with a kick-off reception honoring Congressman Xavier Becerra and Governor of Puerto Rico Luis Fortuño, who served as inaugural co-chairs of the Caucus last Congress.
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July 16, 2009
Tomorrow the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI) will host its 3rd annual Future Leaders Conference in Washington, DC. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Conference including Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, who serves as Chairman of CHLI, will participate in the event and offer remarks.
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June 23, 2009
U.S. Congressman Diaz-Balart joined a bipartisan Congressional Delegation trip to Haiti today led by Rep. Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL) and with his colleagues Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).
Issues:Foreign AffairsImmigration
June 16, 2009
Today Congressman Diaz-Balart and Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) announced that they have introduced the Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus in the House of Representatives.
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June 4, 2009
Today, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Congressman Diaz-Balart sent a letter to the respective leaders of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations urging that emergency funding be included in the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009 for Chinese drywall investigations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and other federal agencies.
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May 8, 2009
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.
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