Mario Diaz-Balart Quotes & Sayings

The Hispanic community values entrepreneurship and family-owned businesses, and we deserve a leader in Washington who is dedicated to creating an environment where our values, our goals and our dreams of prosperity can become reality. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Immigration comes up, but the issue that is on everybody's mind is the economy. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Immigration is a sensitive topic. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Hispanic children now make the largest group of children in poverty. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Governor Romney is a real hardliner on illegal immigration. — Mario Diaz-Balart

President Obama's health care law raided Medicare in the tune of five hundred million dollars to create a new program. — Mario Diaz-Balart

You know, I think Marco Rubio would be a spectacular candidate for vice president. I think he would energize the country. I think he has a great story. He's bright. He's articulate. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Mitt Romney, you can criticize him for a lot of things, and that's fair, but he knows how the economy works. — Mario Diaz-Balart

I've always supported the DREAM Act. I'm a co-sponsor of the DREAM Act. — Mario Diaz-Balart

The best thing I can make is a peanut butter-and-jelly sandwich. — Mario Diaz-Balart

In my years of public service at both the federal and state levels, I have had the privilege of representing most of the communities that make up Congressional District 21, including Hialeah, Westchester, Doral, Kendall, Miami Lakes, Hialeah Gardens, Medley and Palmetto Bay. — Mario Diaz-Balart

The only poll obviously that matters is the last one, the one that's counted after all the votes are cast. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Millions of Americans are either underemployed or unemployed. — Mario Diaz-Balart

I am now more sure than ever that we're going to have a bipartisan bill ... making incredible progress. — Mario Diaz-Balart

I send messages to the White House continuously. — Mario Diaz-Balart

I will leave the U.S. Congress when the term for which I was elected expires in January 2011 and return to the practice of law with a sense of duty fulfilled. — Mario Diaz-Balart

Even illegals are not coming into the United States now because they can't find jobs. It's how desperate the job situation is in the United States. — Mario Diaz-Balart

President Obama's actions are an unconscionable betrayal of America's fundamental values and a profound insult to the oppressed Cuban people. — Mario Diaz-Balart

The policies on the Republican side have been much better for Hispanics, for minorities, but the rhetoric, unfortunately, has not. — Mario Diaz-Balart

So, President Obama wants to change America. I understand that. We don't need to change America. We need to change the White House. We need to change the leadership in the White House. — Mario Diaz-Balart