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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), Dean of the Florida Delegation, issued the following statement expressing concern following the Democrats’ efforts to bring forward an irresponsible and costly extension of the COVID-era Obamacare subsidy program without proper guardrails.
“Americans deserve affordable health care, but extending a Democrat-led three-year COVID-era Obamacare subsidy program with zero guardrails will not make healthcare more affordable; it will make it costlier.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after House passage of three Fiscal Year 2026 appropriations bills: Commerce, Justice, and Science, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, and the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies.
Washington, D.C – Following President Trump’s call-to-action and redesignation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee Chairman Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL) recently led a bipartisan delegation to Nigeria for an on-the-ground fact-finding mission to examine alarming anti-Christian violence and religious persecution.
MIAMI, FL – Today, Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), along with Senator Ashley Moody, will hold a joint media availability on Venezuela.
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Miami, FL – House Appropriations Committee Vice Chair and Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs (NSRP), Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), issued the following statement commending President Trump and the United States Armed Forces for capturing one of the world’s most notorious narco-terrorists, Nicolas Maduro:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Department of State, and Related Programs of the House Committee on Appropriations, spoke on the House floor in opposition to a War Powers resolution that would restrict President Trump's ability to take decisive action against narco-terrorist cartels operating in the Western Hemisphere where their criminal activity most directly threatens the safety and security of the American people.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Dean of the Florida Delegation, presented a Congressional Record entry celebrating the Ave Maria Parish Choir for its performance on December 9th as part of the 2025 White House Christmas tradition.
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26), joined fellow Congressional Everglades Caucus Co-Chair, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), in releasing the following statement celebrating the 25thanniversary of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP):