Press Releases
August 26, 2016
MIAMI - El Congresista Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-25) se unió a Jeff Duncan (SC-03), presidente del Subcomité para el Hemisferio Occidental delComitéde Asuntos Exteriores, y Albio Sires (NJ-08), en una carta al secretario de Estado, John Kerry, y al secretario del Tesoro, Jacob Lew, instándoles a apoyar el pueblo venezolano. Más de treinta miembros del Congreso pidieron un referéndum revocatorio en Venezuela antes de final de año, la liberación de todos los presos políticos y nuevas sanciones a agentes del régimen de Maduro.
Issues:Foreign Affairs
August 11, 2016
Congressman Diaz-Balart released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced it will reallocate $81 million to fight the Zika virus.
Issues:AppropriationsZika
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.
Issues:AppropriationsZika
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.
Issues:AppropriationsZika
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.
Issues:AppropriationsZika
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.
Issues:Transportation and Housing