Press Releases

Congressman Diaz-Balart departed early this morning on a bipartisan Congressional Delegation Visit to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to assess the damage caused during the January 12th Earthquake and conditions on the ground.

Representatives Diaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen, and Diaz-Balart, sent the following letter to President Obama today requesting support for earthquake stricken Chile.

The following is the statement of U.S. Rep. Diaz-Balart, Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member, from today’s hearing on addressing disasters in cities and the recommendations of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Last week Community Health of South Florida honored Rep. Diaz-Balart with the National Association of Community Health Centers’ 2010 Distinguished Community Health Superhero Award, for his efforts in strengthening, improving and maintaining access to America’s community health centers.

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart, announced that in commemoration of Black History Month, he honored three influential African American leaders from Southern Florida throughout the month of February.

The following is the statement of U.S. Rep. Diaz-Balart, Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member, from today’s hearing on the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and lessons learned from the Recovery Act

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart made the following statement upon learning about the death of Orlando Zapata Tamayo, an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience in Cuba.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will host a press conference in Miami this week to renew the push for passage of Free Trade Agreements with allies in Latin American like Colombia and Panama.