Press Releases
April 14, 2009
On Monday, Congressman Diaz-Balart visited Florida International University and met with University Park Student Government Association President Arthur “AJ” Meyer, Vice President Paige LaPointe and a group of student leaders to discuss issues important to the FIU student body and the South Florida community.
April 14, 2009
Today Congressman Diaz-Balart, the Ranking Republican of the Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, announced that he is hosting a Transportation Roundtable tomorrow, April 15th in Naples, to discuss the upcoming Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill.
April 13, 2009
U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart issued the following joint statement today describing as a “serious mistake” President Obama’s decision to unilaterally increase travel and remittance dollars for the Cuban dictatorship.
Issues:CubaForeign Affairs
April 2, 2009
A program to help save lives and limit potential damages in communities before natural disasters strike would be reauthorized under a bill approved by a Congressional panel today. The bill is cosponsored by U.S. Rep. Diaz-Balart, the Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management Subcommittee Ranking Member.
March 31, 2009
Today Congressman Diaz-Balart, announced the conclusion of a month-long tribute celebrating Women’s History Month and honoring influential women in District 25, the State of Florida, nationally and internationally.
March 27, 2009
This week Congressman Diaz-Balart became an original co-sponsor of the American DREAM Act, which seeks to facilitate access to postsecondary educational opportunities for immigrant students in the U.S. who currently face barriers in pursuing a college education.
Issues:Immigration
March 26, 2009
Today Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) expressed outrage over a serious health hazard at the VA Medical Center in Miami.
Issues:Healthcare
March 26, 2009
Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Rosa DeLauro (CT), Marcy Kaptur (OH), Diaz-Balart and Mary Fallin (OK) today reintroduced the “National Women’s History Museum Act” (H.R. 1700) to create a new national museum on the Mall in Washington, DC to honor the role that women have played in American History.
March 25, 2009
Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, along with Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, today asked President Obama to promptly grant Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to Haitian nationals living in the United States in the wake of the destruction caused by the string of storms that have hit Haiti last hurricane season.
Issues:Foreign AffairsImmigration
March 25, 2009
Please find below the text of a letter sent by U.S. Members of Congress Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ), on March 24, 2009, to President Barack Obama regarding U.S. policy toward the Cuban dictatorship.
Issues:Cuba