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Rep. Salazar
March 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Co-Chairs of the House Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus, reintroduced the End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation to strengthen U.S. efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) worldwide.


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blinken hearing 2.23
March 24, 2023

Washington, D.C. —  On Thursday, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), participated in a Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, in which she interrogated U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, on matters impacting Cuba, Argentina and the Dominican Republic.


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high school
March 24, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, Representative Salazar issued the following statement after voting ‘Yes’ on H.R. 5, the ‘Parents Bill of Rights Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives today on a 213-208 vote:


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hfac nicaragua
March 22, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairwoman María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) co-hosted a hearing with Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) on the dire situation Nicaraguan Catholics are facing because of the Ortega-Murillo regime’s systematic persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in


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SOSCuba
March 13, 2023

MIAMI, FL – Hoy, la congresista María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) pronunció la siguiente declaración luego de la visita de la Embajadora y otros miembros del régimen cubano a la ciudad de Tampa, Florida:

"No debemos aceptar que la Administración Biden permita recorrer libremente nuestro país a representantes del régimen cubano, patrocinador del terrorismo y responsable de la falta de libertades y la miseria del pueblo cubano, al cual le ha privado la oportunidad de vivir en paz y prosperidad.


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Eagle Pass visit
March 6, 2023

EAGLE PASS, TX – Today, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) visited the Southern Border at Eagle Pass, Texas with several of her colleagues to evaluate the critical situation posed by the Biden Administration’s failed immigration policies.


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SOSCuba
March 1, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Los representantes María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Marío Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-25), Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), y Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) reintrodujeron un proyecto de ley que cambiaría el nombre de la calle frente a la embajada de Cuba en Washington, D.C., a "Oswaldo Payá Way", en honor al activista cubano por la democracia y líder del Movimiento Cristiano Liberación. Payá murió el 22 de julio del 2012, junto al también activista Harold Cepero, en un accidente automovilístico provocado por el régimen castrista.


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Key Biscayne study funding
March 1, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) and other members of the South Florida delegation secured $500,000 in funding for critical flooding studies in Miami-Dade County and the Village of Key Biscayne. This is part of the larger Miami-Dade Coastal Storm Risk Management Plan, designed to increase resilience to storms and protect Miami and Key Biscayne residents from flooding.


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HFAC 2.28 Argentina
February 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing today, Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chair María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) exposed the Argentinian government’s military cooperation with the Chinese government under the direction of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.


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SOSCuba
February 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-FL) sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas condemning the agency for permitting agents of the Cuban regime to visit U.S. military facilities on our soil. The letter was also signed by Foreign Affairs Committee and Homeland Security leadership members Michael McCaul (R-TX), Mark Green (R-TN), and Carlos Giménez (R-FL).