Mario Díaz-Balart

Mother Nature continuously sends us telegrams, sends up wake up calls.

A commonsense approach... should be to adopt model building codes.

It does not make any sense just after a big storm just do another emergency supplemental.

It provides financial incentives for States to voluntarily adopt and enforce the model building codes.

I've maintained from the start that Alan Gross was grabbed and imprisoned for no reason other than to be used as a pawn in a future spy trade.

It is just inconceivable that such visas and such a wonderful welcome had been given to these individuals.

This disturbing pattern that is developing where the doors of the United States are opened to officials and activists from state sponsors of terrorism countries must not be allowed to continue.

It is incomprehensible and indeed appalling to see the Department of State facilitating access to our nation for these enemies of the United States.

Thank you. This obviously highlights the complexity of these issues.

The assistance from the Department of Interior to Repsol will result in a financial windfall to the Cuban regime.

The Oil Pollution Act quite simply does not have sufficient taxpayer protections for major spills that originate in foreign waters.

Cuba, as the chairman of the International Relations Committee has mentioned, is a U.S. designated State Sponsor of Terrorism.

If an accident occurred by foreign-owned Chinese made equipment operated within Cuban territory, who do you think would clean up the mess, China? Cuba? Or the United States Coast Guard?

Let me perfectly clear. Offshore drilling by foreign companies in Cuba's territorial waters is incredibly dangerous to the State of Florida.

President Obama has failed miserably to use any and all means available to prevent Repsol from drilling.

Bonus revenues are the direct indicator of lease sale activity.

for this Administration to take credit for a 30 percent increase in oil production I think goes beyond the pale.

a leasing plan is supposed to, and I quote, 'best meet national energy needs for the five-year period following its approval or disapproval.'

The only thing stopping the passage of the free trade agreements is the unwillingness of the President to send them to the Congress.

We continue to turn our back, backs, on our friends and our allies.

Mr. Gross was not arrested by U.S. policy. He was arrested by the Cuban regime.

I would urge the subcommittee to cease funding of the program in Cuba until there is a justification and evidence that the program is working and helping the people it was set up to help.

I think there is strong bipartisan support in this House for the current free trade deal.

One of them happens to be in our hemisphere, and it is the totalitarian dictatorship in Cuba.

I just want to make it very clear, there is no doubt in my mind that you want freedom for the Cuban people--no doubt in my mind.