Press Releases

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart announced that Monica Aranegui will serve as District Representative in Collier County.

Today the House passed H. Res. 387, a resolution introduced by Congressman Diaz-Balart, encouraging hurricane awareness and preparedness and supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Preparedness Week, taking place May 24th-30th.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will join FIU in its grand opening of the Integrated Intelligent Transportation System Laboratory (IITS) at the Lehman Center for Transportation Research (LCTR) this coming Monday, May 11, 2009 at 10:30 a.m.

Today, an amendment introduced by Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Congressman Diaz-Balart calling for the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, in consultation with the Secretary of Treasury, to conduct a study of the effect of the presence of contaminated Chinese drywall on residential mortgage loan foreclosures, was added to the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.

Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) and Congressman Diaz-Balart sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Acting Director Dr. Richard Besser urging the agencies to act as quickly as possible in testing and determining the health and safety risks posed by Chinese drywall.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will host the annual Congressional Art Competition “An Artistic Discovery” tomorrow, Friday, May 8 at 4:00 p.m. in his Miami District Office.

This week Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart introduced H. Res. 387, a resolution supporting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Hurricane Preparedness Week, taking place May 24-30.

U.S. Rep. Diaz-Balart will co-chair a Congressional field hearing in Miami this Friday, May 1st at 10:00 a.m. at the James L. King Federal Justice Building in Downtown Miami.