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July 13, 2016

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) released the following statement honoring the victims of the “13 de Marzo” attack on its 22nd anniversary.

Issues:Cuba
July 12, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill was approved in full committee. The bill included language that would require State Department to issue reports on Palestinian incitement, and what actions the Department is taking to end to it.
July 6, 2016

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of S. 2845, the Extension of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act.

July 6, 2016

WASHINGTON – Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 2646, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act. Diaz-Balart was an original co-sponsor of the legislation.

Issues:Healthcare
June 28, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Senate Democrats voted to block the final conference report for H.R. 2577, the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Zika Response Appropriations Act.
June 23, 2016

WASHINGTON – Representatives Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27), Carlos Curbelo (FL-26), Fred Upton (MI-6), Mike Coffman (CO-6), Dan Newhouse (WA-4), David Valadao (CA-21), Jeff Denham (CA-10), and Bob Dold (IL-10) released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled 4-4 in the United States vs. Texas case.

Issues:Immigration
June 9, 2016
El Congresista Díaz-Balart hizo las siguientes declaraciones a raíz de informes de que el diputado venezolano Julio Borges, líder de la oposición en el partido Primero Justicia, fue agredido por chavistas armados con tubos y piedras.
June 9, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after reports that Venezuelan Congressman Julio Borges, an opposition leader in the Primero Justicia party, was assaulted by Chavistas wielding pipes and stones.
June 9, 2016
Today, Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after Speaker Paul Ryan and House Republicans unveiled their foreign policy agenda.
June 7, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the White House announced the Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council was awarded the rural Promise Zone designation.