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Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart

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Mario Diaz-Balart – ChairLois Frankel – Ranking Member
Guy ReschenthalerGrace Meng
Julia LetlowNorma Torres 
Juan CiscomaniMike Quigley 
Chuck Edwards – Vice Chair 
John Moolenaar 
Mark Alford 

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Recent Activity

June 4, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee met to consider its Fiscal Year 2025 bill. The measure was approved by the Subcommittee.

June 4, 2024
Remarks
Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart, and thank you to Ranking Member Lee, Ranking Member DeLauro, and to all the members of the subcommittee for being with us this morning.

June 4, 2024
Remarks
I’d like to welcome everyone to today’s subcommittee markup of the fiscal year 2025 appropriations bill for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. I want to thank Chairman Cole for getting the Appropriations Committee off to a great start.  This is an aggressive schedule, but it is critical we get our work done, so thank you for your leadership.

June 3, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2025 bill for the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee. The bill will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow, June 4th at 10:00 a.m.


Meeting Status:
Scheduled
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Location:
Capitol Complex, H-140 CAPITOL, Washington, DC, 20515, USA

May 22, 2024

Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) and Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) today reiterated the need for strong American leadership against rising threats and emboldened adversaries during a hearing on the Department of State’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request. Their remarks laid out deep concerns with the Biden Administration’s weak foreign policy posture that has harmed both the security of America and our allies.


May 22, 2024
Remarks
Thank you, Chairman Diaz-Balart. I’m so pleased to be back with the State-Foreign Operations Subcommittee today. I previously served on this Subcommittee with both distinguished Chairwoman Kay Granger and Chairman Hal Rogers. Experience tells us that the work done here is of critical importance to America’s national security.

May 22, 2024
Remarks
Before we begin, I want to take a moment to welcome our new full committee Chairman, Tom Cole. He is a tremendous leader and cares deeply about the issues in the State-Foreign Operations bill.

May 16, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed the Israel Security Assistance Support Act to support our great ally and U.S. national security.


May 15, 2024

President Biden has signaled he will defy the will of the People’s House and Congress by conditionally withholding weapons to Israel and asserted he will veto legislation ensuring critical deliveries are made. This is a betrayal of a great ally and signals that the White House will cower to its radical base and terrorist organizations like Hamas. Unlike the Administration, House Republicans will not waver in our ironclad support for Israel.