MIAMI, Florida, June 8 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: This week, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26), a senior member of the House Committee on Appropriations and former Chairman and Ranking Member of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, joined Chairman Steve Womack (R-AR-3) and Ranking Member Mike Quigley (D-IL-5), of the THUD Subcommittee, on tours of Miami Intern  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, issued the following news release on June 7, 2024: Today, Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) joined Reps. Carlos A. Gimenez (FL-28), Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), and Jared Moskowitz (FL-23) in introducing the bipartisan Secure Airports From Enemies (SAFE) Act. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) is introducing companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. Following recent reports that regime operatives of the ant  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, released the following opening remarks from a hearing dated May 23, 2024, "Review of Fiscal Year 2025 Maritime Transportation Budget Requests, Pt. 2: The Coast Guard": * * * I'd like to welcome our witnesses - Admiral Linda L. Fagan, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and Master Chief Heath B. Jones, the Master Chief Petty Office  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, blasted the Department of Labor (DOL) for illegally withholding $800 million in federal funding from the State of Florida as retaliation against the state's recent efforts to protect workers from uni  more