Florida's 27th Congressional District
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Recent News About Florida's 27th Congressional District
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Salazar Reintroduces Crucial Communism Teaching Act
On September 6, 2023, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and 27 of her colleagues reintroduced the Crucial Communism Teaching (CCT) Act (H.R. 5349) in the 118th Congress.
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Salazar And Huizenga Statement On The Central American Parliament’s Disgraceful Embrace Of The Chinese Communist Part
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Committee Member Bill Huizenga (R-MI) released the following statement after the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) voted to expel Taiwan’s parliament and admit China’s parliament as a permanent observer of the organization
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Salazar Co-introduces Passport Modernization Act
On August 18, 2023, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) co-introduced the bipartisan Passport Modernization Act in response to the unprecedented passport delays at the Department of State.
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Salazar Reintroduces The Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
On August 4, 2023, Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Susie Lee (D-NV) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to reduce the years-long wait times for visitor (nonimmigrant) visa appointments in the U.S. State Department, the Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act.
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Salazar Reintroduces The Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act
On August 4, 2023, Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Susie Lee (D-NV) reintroduced a bipartisan bill to reduce the years-long wait times for visitor (nonimmigrant) visa appointments in the U.S. State Department, the Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act.
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Salazar Welcomes Lionel Messi To Miami
Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) welcomed one of Inter Miami CF’s latest hires, Lionel Messi, to Florida’s 27th district on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Salazar Bill Returning Billions In Fraudulent Pandemic Loans Passes Committee
This week, the House Small Business Committee passed Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL)’s RECLAIM Taxpayer Funds Act (H.R. 4667) in markup in a bipartisan, unanimous vote.
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Salazar And Escobar Introduce Bipartisan Dignity Act
Today, a bipartisan group of representatives led by Reps. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) introduced an updated version of the Dignity Act (H.R. 3599) to fix our nation’s broken immigration system. This historic bill is the first serious bipartisan immigration solution proposed by Congress in over a decade.
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Salazar And Rubio Introduce Bill To Tame Miami Housing Prices
On May 18, 2023, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced legislation to shield American real estate markets from excessive foreign demand and increase affordable housing opportunities. Lowering housing prices for local buyers will ensure that illicit money cannot permeate the Miami housing market.
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Salazar And Rubio Introduce Bill To Tame Miami Housing Prices
On May 18, 2023, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced legislation to shield American real estate markets from excessive foreign demand and increase affordable housing opportunities. Lowering housing prices for local buyers will ensure that illicit money cannot permeate the Miami housing market.
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Representative Salazar sends letter demanding Biden Administration supportGuatemala in ending the migration crisis
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent a letter to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas demanding the Administration supply the Guatemalan government with resources to stop the expected surge of migrants ahead of Title 42’s expiration on May 11th.
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Salazar and Cruz Introduce Legislation hold Corrupt Kirchner Government Officials in Argentina Accountable
Today, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) introduced the House companion to the Corruption in Argentina Stymied by Enforcing Sanctions, or ‘CASES Act’. Originally introduced by Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), the bill would require the President to investigate five Argentine officials for corruption, including Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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Representative Salazar Introduces the Reject Latinx Act
Today, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) introduced the Reject Latinx Act to prevent the Biden Administration from referring to Latinos and Hispanics as ‘Latinx’ in public, executive branch documents. Salazar is joined by Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Alex Mooney (R-WV), Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Carlos Giménez (R-FL), and Burgess Owens (R-UT).
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Chairwoman Salazar Demands White House Grant Aylum to Venezuelan Opposition Leader After Shameless Expulsion from Colombia
On April 25, 2023, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman and Miami Representative María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) sent a letter to President Biden demanding asylum for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó and his family, who remain in Venezuela.
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Representative Salazar Confronts Colombian President Petro Ahead White House Summit
This week, Chairwoman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) met with President Gustavo Petro of Colombia ahead of his meeting on Thursday with President Biden.
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Salazar, Espaillat, and Green Introduce the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative Authorization Act
Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), and Mark Green, M.D. (R-TN) introduced a bill to provide substantial funding to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) for the next half-decade.