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June 18, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after introducing the Free Market Healthcare Restoration and Coverage Act of 2015.
Issues:Healthcare
June 16, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Founder and Co-Chairman of the Everglades Caucus, released the following statement after the House Committee on Appropriations passed the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for FY16.
June 9, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Chairman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, released the following statement after the passage of H.R. 2577, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bill for FY16.
June 4, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the United States House of Representatives issued two strong rebukes of President Obama’s policy towards Cuba in both the Commerce, Justice, and Science and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations bills for FY 2016.
June 3, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the passage of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for FY 2016.
May 29, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after President Obama’s decision to remove Cuba from the State Department’s state sponsors of terror list.
Issues:Cuba
May 24, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart encourages families and individuals to prepare for Hurricane Season. Diaz-Balart promotes National Hurricane Preparedness Week, which begins on May 24th and runs through May 30th.
May 20, 2015
Los congresistas Díaz-Balart, Ros-Lehtinen y Curbelo enviaron una carta a la fiscal general Loretta Lynch tras recibir informes de que el Gobierno de Barack Obama podría estar considerando soltar al narcoterrorista de las FARC Ricardo Palmera (alias “Simón Trinidad”) de la prisión federal en los Estados Unidos para participar en "negociaciones" en La Habana entre las FARC, organización terrorista extranjera según EEUU, y la administración del presidente de Colombia Juan Manuel Santos.
May 20, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement in honor of Cuba’s Independence Day.
Issues:Cuba
May 19, 2015
Congressman Diaz-Balart, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen, and Congressman Curbelo sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch following reports that the Obama Administration might be considering whether to permit convicted FARC commander Ricardo Palmera to leave federal prison in the United States for “negotiations” in Havana between the FARC, a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, and the Santos Administration. Palmera is the most senior member of the FARC to be captured and convicted, and is currently serving a 60-year sentence in a maximum-security prison in Colorado.