Tag: mario diaz-balart
Mario Diaz-Balart Gets Almost $2 Million in FEMA Funds for Miami Springs
Those funds represent 90 percent of the $2.15 million used to clean up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma a year ago.
Mario Diaz-Balart Gets $11.3 Million from DOT for Miami International Airport
Diaz-Balart announced the federal funds coming to South Florida at the end of last week.
USDA Helps Welding Program in Hendry County Schools
Hendry County has the highest unemployment rate in Florida but the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) hopes to ensure public schools there can offer skills for the workplace.
As Toxic Algae Crisis Continues, Officials Tour Herbert Hoover Dike in the Everglades
Republican U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Francis Rooney, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Director Cissy Proctor and Clewiston Mayor Mali Gardner joined U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leaders in the tour.
Miami Shipyard Getting MARAD Grant from DOT
This is the first time a Small Shipyard grant, which were established back in 2008, will be coming to Florida and Diaz-Balart is taking some of the credit.
Bill Nelson, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Want Cancer Patients to Be Able to Defer Student Loan...
The bill has been before the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee for more than a year now but Ros-Lehtinen has rounded up more than 65 cosponsors.
PortMiami Getting $7 Million from DOT for Infrastructure Improvements
Diaz-Balart said on Tuesday that the money will be going to help PortMiami in its improvement efforts as it--and other ports across the Atlantic seaboard--continue to change after the Panama Canal expansion.
