Press Releases

Congressman Diaz-Balart, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, and Congressman Curbelo sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch following reports that the Obama Administration might be considering whether to permit convicted FARC commander Ricardo Palmera to leave federal prison in the United States for “negotiations” in Havana between the FARC, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, and the Santos Administration. Palmera is the most senior member of the FARC to be captured and convicted, and is currently serving a 60-year sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado.

Congressman Diaz-Balart, founder and co-chair of the Congressional Everglades Caucus and chair of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 2028, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016.

Congressman Diaz-Balart, member of the Budget Conference Committee and chair of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the House passage of S. Con. Res. 11, the Bicameral Budget Resolution for FY2016.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after reports that Cuban human rights activist Yuriet Pedroso González is gravely ill following a hunger strike.

Congressman Diaz-Balart, member of the House Committee on the Budget and chair of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after he was appointed as a conferee to the bicameral budget conference.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced the Cuban regime’s removal from the state sponsors of terrorism list.

El Congresista Díaz-Balart publicó la siguiente declaración después de que varios ciudadanos estadounidenses y activistas pro-democracia cubanos fueron violentamente atacados esta tarde por agentes del régimen de Castro en Panamá.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after several American citizens and Cuban pro-democracy activists were violently attacked this afternoon by Castro regime thugs in Panama.