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July 17, 2017

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, offered the following opening remarks during the full committee mark-up of the FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill.

July 14, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018.
July 13, 2017
El congresista Díaz-Balart hizo la siguiente declaración para recordar a las víctimas del ataque al remolcador “13 de marzo” en su vigésimo tercer aniversario.
Issues:Cuba
July 13, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement honoring the victims of the “13 de marzo” tugboat massacre on its 23rd anniversary.
Issues:Cuba
July 13, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the Commerce, Justice, and Science bill for FY18.
July 12, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the House Appropriations Committee approved the Energy and Water bill for FY18. Diaz-Balart, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, worked with his colleagues to ensure funding for projects important to Florida were included in the final legislation.
July 10, 2017
Today, Congressman Diaz-Balart, Founder and Co-Chairman of the Everglades Caucus, toured the Herbert Hoover Dike to get an update on the Dike’s rehabilitation, which was fully funded at $49.5 million in the FY17 Appropriations Omnibus.
June 30, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart today announced that the Lake Okeechobee Rural Health Network (LORHN) would be awarded a Rural Health Network Development Program grant in the sum of $297,408.
Issues:Healthcare
June 29, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart issued the following statement calling for the immediate release and medical treatment of Anairis Miranda Leyva, Adairis Miranda Leyva, Fidel Manuel Batista Leyva, and Maydolis Leyva Portelles, who were placed under house arrest by Castro regime thugs.
Issues:Cuba
June 26, 2017
Congressman Diaz-Balart today announced that Miami-Dade County would receive $4.092 million in Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).