Press Releases

Today Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chris Smith and Lincoln Diaz-Balart commemorated Cuban Independence Day and showed their support for Cuban Solidarity Day on May 21st.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will participate in a fly-over of the Mustang Corner Fire in the Florida Everglades with Superintendent Dan Kimball of Everglades National Park tomorrow, Saturday, May 17th at 4:00 p.m.

Congressman Diaz-Balart, a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will participate in the LeJeune Road re-opening ceremony this Friday, May 16, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will join Angel Aloma, Executive Director of Food for the Poor, at Coral Reef Senior High School next Monday, May 19th at 10:00 a.m. for a ceremony in honor of The Haitian Relief Project, the school’s drive for victims of food shortages in Haiti.

Today the House of Representatives passed the 2008 Farm Bill Conference Report. Congressman Diaz-Balart is a strong supporter of this Farm Bill and made the following statement.

Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, along with Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, will receive the Jose Matias Delgado national order from President Elías Antonio Saca of El Salvador tomorrow Saturday, May 3rd at 11:00 a.m. at the Brickell Room of the Biltmore Conference Center at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Florida.

Congressmen Mario Diaz-Balart, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart will hold a press conference in Miami today Monday, April 28th at 1:30 p.m. to introduce the CARS Act, a bill that will give commuters a tax deduction on gas expenses.

Congressman Diaz-Balart will present a check for $352,500 to the new Collier County Emergency Services Center this Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.