On May 24, 2024, Representative Carlos A. Giménez (FL-28), Representative Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26), and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) held a press conference to denounce the Biden administration's decision to permit Castro regime operatives to tour TSA facilities at Miami International Airport earlier this week. The officials emphasized that the Castro regime is designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism and argued that its representatives should not be granted access to U.S. security areas or receive special treatment at any U.S. airport.
(Washington, DC) - Congressman Carlos Gimenez (FL-28) has sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and TSA Administrator David Pekoske regarding a recent visit by agents of the Cuban government to sensitive facilities at Miami International Airport. Joining Rep. Gimenez in this action were Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-26), and Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (FL-27). Congressman Gimenez chairs the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, which oversees all TSA operations in...
On Friday, Representatives Carlos Gimenez (FL-28), María Elvira Salazar (FL-27), and Mario Diaz Balart (FL-26), along with Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL), expressed their disapproval of the Biden Administration's failure to designate Cuba as a "not fully cooperating country" (NFCC) with U.S. counterterrorism efforts.