Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) will host his 17th annual Service Academy Day on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. at U.S. Southern Command.
U.S. Representative Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL), Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, along with other senior Republican lawmakers, has called on the Biden-Harris Administration to release an unclassified version of its Ukraine strategy.
U.S. Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), and Alex Mooney (WV-2) have expressed significant concerns in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The lawmakers are troubled by reports that a high-ranking Cuban official, allegedly involved in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, was recently granted entry into the United States.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has passed the DISPOSE Act (H.R. 9172), introduced by Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX), in a bipartisan, unanimous vote.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has approved the DISPOSE Act (H.R. 9172), introduced by Representative María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Representative Joaquín Castro (D-TX), in a unanimous and bipartisan vote.
On September 20, 2024, Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), chair of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, convened a hearing to condemn American and European oil companies for continuing business with the Maduro regime in Venezuela. This comes after allegations of election fraud in the Venezuelan presidential elections held on July 28, 2024.
Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) held a hearing today to criticize American and European oil companies for continuing business with the Maduro regime in Venezuela, despite its alleged attempt to steal the 2024 presidential election.
Representatives Mario Díaz-Balart (R-FL-26) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25), co-chairs of the Congressional Venezuela Democracy Caucus, have introduced a bill to increase the U.S. Department of Justice's bounty on Nicolás Maduro from $15 million to $100 million. The initiative is supported by Representatives Chris Smith (R-NJ-4), Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL-28), Jenniffer González-Colon (PR-At-Large), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27), Mike Waltz (R-FL-06), and Darren Soto (D-FL-09). The reward would be funded by assets already seized from Maduro and his regime.
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Congressional Hispanic Conference (CHC) Co-Chairs, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) and Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23), have released statements in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month. In celebration, they, along with some Members of the Conference, have curated a first-ever playlist that honors the Hispanic community.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) joined Reps. Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL), Rich McCormick (R-GA), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) along with Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) in a letter to State Department Secretary Antony Blinken urging him to cancel or revoke the visas of Brazilian Supreme Court justices who used their positions to silence free speech.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, la presidenta del Subcomité del Hemisferio Occidental, la congresista María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), y el senador Rick Scott (R-FL) se unieron a los representantes Carlos A. Giménez (R-FL), Rich McCormick (R-GA) y Chris Smith (R-NJ) en una carta al secretario del Departamento de Estado, Antony Blinken, instándolo a cancelar o revocar las visas de los jueces de la Corte Suprema de Brasil que usaron sus cargos para silenciar la libertad de expresión.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, los representantes María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV) y Mark Alford (R-MO) presentaron la ley H.R. 9552, la Ley de “Equidad en el Reembolso de Vuelos”.
On September 17, 2024, Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Dina Titus (D-NV), and Mark Alford (R-MO) introduced H.R. 9552, the Flight Refund Fairness Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) introduced legislation to make foreign officials who violate the First Amendment rights of Americans inadmissible to the United States.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hoy, la presidenta del Subcomité del Hemisferio Occidental, la congresista María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), y el representante Darrell Issa (R-CA) presentaron una legislación para que los funcionarios extranjeros que violen los derechos de los estadounidenses amparados por la Primera Enmienda sean inadmisibles en Estados Unidos.
Today, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), along with Representatives María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), Jenniffer González-Colon (PR), Keith Self (TX-3) and U.S. Senators Rick Scott (FL) and Bill Cassidy (LA), issued a statement in response to Honduran President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya's decision to revoke the longstanding extradition treaty between the United States and Honduras.