Press Releases

Today, Rep. Diaz-Balart (R-FL) expressed profound concern for pro-democracy and independent labor activist Ivan Hernandez Carrillo and urged the international community to demand an end to the Castro regime's vicious attacks and death threats against him. Ivan is one of Cuba’s leading independent labor activists and one of the seventy-five imprisoned after Cuba's Black Spring of 2003

El Congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), la Congresista Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) y el ex Congresista Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R-FL) se reunieron con Jorge Luis García Pérez (“Antúnez”) y su esposa, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera. Antúnez encabeza el Frente Nacional de Resistencia Cívica y Desobediencia Civil Orlando Zapata Tamayo y Pérez Aguilera el Movimiento Femenino por los Derechos Civiles Rosa Parks.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), and former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) met with Jorge Luis García Pérez (“Antúnez”) and his wife, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera. Antúnez leads the Orlando Zapata Tamayo Civic Resistance and Civil Disobedience Front, and Pérez Aguilera heads the Rosa Parks Women’s Movement for Civil Rights.

On Friday, August 9th, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, and former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, will meet with Jorge Luis García Pérez (“Antúnez”) and his wife, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after press reports indicate that Cuban explosives and other live munitions were found on the North Korean “Chong Chon Gang” vessel found to be smuggling weapons from Cuba last month.

Congressman Diaz-Balart, member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that Miami-Dade County would be one of five participants in a pilot program that would allow both Miami International Airport and PortMiami to enter the CBP Reimbursable Services Program.

Congressman Diaz-Balart, member of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the House passed the FY 2014 Energy and Water Bill, which included a provision amending the authorized limit for the PortMiami Deep Dredge project.

Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the Senate voted to pass a comprehensive immigration bill.