Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart, a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations, has announced the passage of H.R. 4821, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2024. In a statement, Díaz-Balart emphasized the importance of the continued restoration of the Everglades for the ecosystem and local economy in Florida.Díaz-Balart commended Chairwoman Granger and Subcommittee Chairman Simpson for their work in reining in the spending and "woke" policies of the Biden Administration. He also highlighted the bill's success in...
Of the 2,690,113 citizens living in Miami-Dade County in 2021, 79.9% said they were only one race, while 20.1% said they were two or more races, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained in June.
Nov 2, 2023Washington, D.C. - The leaders of the Congressional Latino-Jewish Caucus have come together to denounce the recent diplomatic actions taken by Chile, Colombia, and Bolivia, in severing their ties with Israel. Representative Mario Díaz-Balart, joined by co-chairs Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Adriano Espaillat, Tony Gonzales, and co-chair Rep. Henry Cuellar, issued a statement expressing their appallment at these decisions.In the statement, the caucus leaders expressed their agreement with the Israeli government's assessment that these actions represent "a...
Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) have spoken out against Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro's recent actions against opposition candidate María Corina Machado. In a joint statement, the lawmakers condemned Maduro's decision to nullify the results of the Venezuelan opposition primary elections held on October 22, 2023.Salazar and Wasserman Schultz expressed their strong condemnation of the regime-controlled court's suspension of the democratic...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) expressed his admiration for Congresswoman Kay Granger after she announced her retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives.In a statement, Díaz-Balart praised Granger for her remarkable achievements and her influential role in Congress. He described her as "one of the most formidable, principled, and influential members of Congress." He also highlighted her list of "firsts," acknowledging her groundbreaking contributions to her field.Beyond her professional accomplishments, Díaz-Balart emphasized the...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Chair of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) issued a joint statement today condemning the arbitrary decision by socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro to annul the results of the Venezuelan opposition's primary elections held on October 22, 2023."We strongly condemn the decision of the Venezuelan regime-controlled Tribunal to suspend the democratic opposition's primary election process, which mobilized 2.4 million Venezuelan voters to nominate María Corina...