Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Representative Maria Elvira Salazar, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Representative Chris Smith introduced H.R. 7055, the Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2026. This bill will impose targeted sanctions against the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship and hold it accountable for its crimes against the Catholic Church, the clergy, and the people of Nicaragua.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Salazar's legislation H.R. 6892, the IDB Capital Increase Act, passed the House of Representatives as part of the House Appropriations Committee funding bill (H.R. 7006).

Washington, D.C. — Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6504, an amended version of Rep. Salazar's H.R. 1625, the HELP Extension Act, bipartisan legislation extending the HOPE/HELP trade preference programs with Haiti for three years.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar and Congressman Jeff Hurd introduced H.R. 6540, the “Anti-Communism Week Act,” to designate the first week of every November as Anti-Communism Week and to request an annual presidential proclamation recognizing the victims of communist regimes worldwide.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A newly released national survey finds that current U.S. immigration enforcement policies are increasingly harming American citizens and putting their families at risk.

Washington, D.C. — This week, Representatives Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) and Brittany Pettersen (D-Colo.), alongside U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Shelter Act to help families and small businesses protect their homes and properties from future natural disasters and combat rising insurance costs. The legislation would create a first-of-its-kind disaster mitigation tax credit for families and business owners in disaster-prone areas.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. María Elvira Salazar’s (FL-27) Western Hemisphere and State Department Political Affairs Authorization Act has been signed into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.

Included in the final National Defense package, one of the largest investments in U.S. defense and security in history, the law marks the first time Congress has codified the authorities of the State Department’s Political Affairs Bureaus.