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“Two months ago, I was thrilled to join Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart to support Deferred Enforced Departure (D.E.D.) for Venezuelans in America”, said Congresswoman Salazar. “Today, I am glad to see that our Venezuelan exile community has been granted TPS through 2022. Nicolas Maduro is a murderous thug and I will always stand up for the victims of his socialist regime!”

Today Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar introduced the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan Relief Act (H.R. 1533). This bipartisan bill extends the time to repay Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) loans, taken in response to COVID-19, for an extra year since the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing.

Today Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) joined Congresswoman Jenniffer González-Colón (PR-AL) in introducing the Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act to admit Puerto Rico as the 51st state of the union.

This morning, Congresswoman María Elvira Salazar sent a letter to President Biden calling on him to implement a Cuba policy that holds the regime accountable for its human rights abuses and support for authoritarian regimes in the region. 

"We will not let the world forget the horror that occurred on February 24, 1996, nor will we remain silent while some individuals attempt to gloss over the true despotic nature of the Cuban dictatorship. The regime has shown repeatedly that it harbors no respect for human life, nor for basic human rights."

Today, Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar led a bipartisan initiative urging the United States Navy to consider preparing and sinking the USS Bonhomme Richard off the coast of Florida where, as an artificial reef, it could become an environmental and economic benefit to the local community and state.

Today, Congresswoman Maria Elvira Salazar introduced the bipartisan Fairness for Craft Beverage Producers Act.

“My community is home to thousands of men and women who fled tyranny and oppression. For over 30 years, I dedicated my career in journalism to covering the brutality, cruelty, and inhumanity of the socialist dictatorships that have destroyed so many nations throughout the world. As the daughter of exiles who fled the evil Castro regime, it is the honor of a lifetime to serve on these key Subcommittees and fight for our American values of freedom, democracy, and respect for Human Rights,” said Congresswoman Salazar.