Press Releases

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials will host a field hearing in Miami on High-Speed Rail titled “Intermodal High-Speed Rail Connections” this Monday, May 3rd at 2:00 p.m. at Miami-Dade College Wolfson Campus.

U.S. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with her colleagues, U.S. Reps. Meek, Diaz-Balart, Diaz-Balart, and Mack, issued the following statement today on reports that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be granted a visa to visit New York next week to speak at a conference at the United Nations reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

At a Congressional hearing today on the proposed fiscal year 2011 budgets for regional economic development commissions, Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member Diaz-Balart stressed the importance of effectively leveraging commission funding and ensuring that job creation is a priority for distressed areas of the country.

Congressmen Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart met with Felipe Matos, Gaby Pacheco, Carlos Roa, and Juan Rodriguez, also known as the Dreamers, upon their arrival in Washington, DC.

Congressman Diaz-Balart and Congressman Nye, co-chairs of the Congressional Contaminated Drywall Caucus, hosted a meeting Thursday with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other Members of Congress to discuss the adverse affects of Contaminated Chinese Drywall, latest studies, ongoing investigations and next steps.

This week Congressman Diaz-Balart hosted a meeting with Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata, Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carolina Barco, and a bi-partisan group of Members of the U.S. House to discuss the importance of passing a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia.

Congressman Diaz-Balart met with Georgian President, Mikheil Saakashvili, and other Members of Congress on Capitol Hill.

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart encouraged his constituents to take part in the U.S. Census.