Press Releases

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart made the following statement regarding the reckless behavior of AIG executives and some in Congress.

Congressman Diaz-Balart announced that he is hosting Super Saturday on March 21st in conjunction with the City of Homestead, the Homestead Family YMCA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Today Congressman Diaz-Balart addressed the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce during their19th Annual Legislative Conference on Capitol Hill.