MIAMI, FL - Today, Congressman Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28) along Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26) and Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27) and community leaders, hosted a press conference to promote the key wins secured in the FY 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) Appropriations bill. Specifically, the appropriations package contains provisions that promote democracy in the Western hemisphere, strengthen our national security, and counter the malign regimes in Communist Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Colombia.
“As the only Cuban-born Member of Congress, I am proud to stand with Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart to highlight key wins in the SFOPs appropriations package that promote democracy, protect human rights, counter adversarial states like Communist Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Colombia, and reestablishes U.S. leadership in our hemisphere,” said Rep. Gimenez. “This legislation also cuts wasteful spending by 6% compared to FY 2023 while ensuring that the programs and agencies critical to ensuring our national security are fully funded.”
WHO:
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Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), Chairman of the State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee
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Rep. María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
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Rep. Carlos Giménez (FL-28), Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, the Armed Services Committee, and the Select Committee on China
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Dr. Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, Coordinator, Asamblea de la Resistencia Cubana
Sylvia G. Iriondo, Founder, Mothers and Women Against Repression in Cuba (M.A.R. Por Cuba) -
Ernesto Ackerman, Founder and President, Independent Venezuelan American Citizens
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Fabio Andrade, Founder and President, Colombia Habla US
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Patricia Andrade, Founder, Venezuela Awareness Muñeca Fuentes, President, Nicaraguan American Republican Alliance
To watch the press conference, CLICK HERE.
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