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August 9, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, released the following statement after participating in the Safe Cars Save Lives Tour alongside Dr. Mark Rosekind, Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
August 6, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement, after he and Congressman Clawson wrote a letter to Senate Majority Leader McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Reid, urging Senate leadership to take immediate action on two pieces of legislation that would provide additional funding to help combat, prevent, and treat the Zika virus.
August 6, 2016
El Congresista Díaz-Balart hizo la siguiente declaración después de que él y el congresista Clawson escribieran una carta al líder de la mayoría del Senado McConnell, y el líder de la minoría del Senado Reid, instándoles a tomar medidas inmediatas con respecto a dos propuestas de ley que proporcionarían fondos adicionales para ayudar a combatir, prevenir y tratar el virus Zika.
August 2, 2016
El Congresista Díaz-Balart publicó la siguiente declaración con respecto al líder pro democracia Guillermo "Coco" Fariñas, que cumple hoy trece días en huelga de hambre.
Issues:Cuba
August 1, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement regarding pro-democracy leader Guillermo “Coco” Fariñas, who is entering the 12th day of hunger strike.
Issues:Cuba
August 1, 2016
MIAMI – Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the arrest of Cuban independent labor activist Iván Hernández Carrillo.
Issues:Cuba
July 29, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the Florida Department of Health confirmed the first mosquito-transmitted Zika cases in the United States. All four cases are in Florida.
July 22, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Miami-Dade County was awarded a $2.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Low-Emission or No-Emission Vehicle Program for the purchase of electric buses.
July 22, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement on the 4th anniversary of the deaths of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, two Cuban pro-democracy activists who are believed to have been killed by the Cuban regime.
Issues:Cuba
July 14, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 5538, the Interior and Environment Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2017.