Lincoln Diaz-Balart

Mr. Duncan points out, among other things, that the Dow Jones Industrial Average, on Election Day 1994, when the Republicans took the majority in this House and in Congress, both Houses, for the first time in 40 years, was 3,830 points…

the Cuban tyrant is engaged in a Stalinist crackdown which is pretty typical of him, but it is nevertheless extraordinarily brutal. I have at this point six pages in my hands of names of opposition leaders and independent press people who…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to advise the House that late last night, when the Committee of the Whole was meeting, there were three Members, I believe, three Members at most, in the Chamber. One of our colleagues introduced an amendment to the…

I think it is quite curious that the distinguished gentleman from Colorado [Mr. Skaggs] began his remarks by saying this is not about Cuba and this is not about Castro. It is very much about Cuba, about Castro, and about the oppression…

the best interests of the United States are being served by maintaining television broadcasting to Cuba. Two, maintaining television broadcasting to Cuba is technically sound and effective. Three, Television Marti broadcasting is…

this Independence Day for the Republic of Cuba, May 20, finds the Cuban people still bound and gagged, more than by a Marxist-Leninist, and some have called him a fascist; more than by totalitarianism of those natures, by an Al Caponist…

One of the cases that has most impacted me in the last months as I have looked toward August and the impending cutoff of SSI to legal, taxpaying immigrants is the case of Guido Diaz. Guido Diaz was a political prisoner for years in…

I think it is known how strongly I feel about the right of legal, taxpaying immigrants in this country to be treated in a nondiscriminatory way with regard to the receipt of programs, the eligibility for programs as essential as…

A plea has gone out by the President of the National Commission, Jose Marti, the National Commission on Human Rights in Cuba, Professor Amador Blanco Hernandez, for three political prisoners who are in a very, very difficult situation…

As the gentlewoman has stated numerous times, this is a campaign, Mr. Speaker, that just begins today to inform the American people and to reiterate what the Europeans really are out to do, and that is to change U.S. immigration law in a…

I think that the Europeans have misunderstood the American character. Americans do not yield to blackmail. The American people, and I would think that the American people will be contacted, and I would certainly urge the American people to…

I rise in support of the Miami Free Zone and to encourage the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary to look favorably upon the Free Zone next Congress. The Free Zone processes an average of $1.35…

the real President Clinton showed himself by his appointment of Alan Sagner to head the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Mr. Sagner is proud of having been a founder of the so-called ``Fair Play for Cuba Committee,'' the most active…

yesterday's Miami Herald revealed vast new evidence of Cuban dictator Castro's personal involvement in cocaine trafficking into the United States. Drug dealers busted with thousands of pounds of cocaine from Cuba not only say the cocaine…

President Clinton yesterday once again succumbed to international pressure, this time by suspending part of the important sanctions on the Castro dictatorship that 80 percent of this Congress voted for just a few months ago after Castro…

I would beg indulgence of the Chair to simply at this point convey my sincere and heartfelt condolences to our colleague, the gentleman from Ohio [Tony Hall] for the passing of his beloved son. Our thoughts are with him and his family, and…

a video reached my office this week that shows scenes of meetings between senior U.S. military officers, including the head of the U.S. Atlantic Command, General Sheehan, and Cuban dictator Castro's senior general, Perez-Perez. The video…

on Sunday at church I mentioned to some ladies before mass began that a dear colleague in Congress was gravely ill and that it seemed that he would soon leave us. I knew not then that Bill Emerson had passed away the day before, on…

Tomorrow morning approximately 60 members of this House, including the Speaker, will be sending a letter to the Nobel Committee of the Norwegian Parliament, the entity that designates the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, to nominate…

Let us be clear as to what this rule permits. It permits an upon-or-down vote on an amendment that would be introduced by the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] and the gentleman from New York [Mr. Quinn] to raise the minimum wage from…

it is interesting how our friends on the other side of the aisle now say during Iran-Contra they were investigating bad things, but now we are not investigating anything. It is a fact, Mr. Speaker, that President Clinton allowed the…

Mr. Chairman, the Dreier amendment is dressed in a cloak of fairness, but it is not fair. The Dreier amendment talks about standardizing this targeted assistance for refugees, and yet it excepts, there is an exception for the aid that…

one of the most admirable characteristics about the United States is that our Nation distinguishes between the conduct of parents and their children. So many times I have seen in, for example, European countries, the children of immigrants…

it is really a shame my erudite and learned legal scholar colleague, the gentleman from California [Mr. Campbell], is so incorrect in his interpretation of this legislation. First of all, and I heard him before the Committee on Rules…

I want to thank from the bottom of my heart Congresswoman Meek and, of course, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen. I heard also earlier today Congressman Menendez and Congressman Goss and perhaps I missed others, but I want to thank them all for…