Rep. María Elvira

U.S. Congresswoman | Daughter of Exiles | Emmy Award-Winning Journalist | Serving on @HouseForeignGOP &
@FinancialCmte | ☀️ 🌴 🇺🇸

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Choosing a life of service takes something special. 🇺🇸

Last night, students and families from across our community took an important step toward our nation’s U.S. Service Academies and learned more about the congressional nomination process through my office.

It is one of the great privileges of serving in Congress to help open that door for young people willing to lead, sacrifice, and serve our country.

Miami should be proud of them.

Thank you to American Legion Post 98 for hosting us and supporting the next generation of American leaders.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Three years ago today, the Jewish people suffered their deadliest day since the Holocaust.

We remember the innocent lives taken on October 7. We mourn with their families and honor the memory of every victim.

Three years later, we have not forgotten. We will not forget.

America stands with the Jewish people, with Israel, and against the evil of terrorism and antisemitism. 🇺🇸🇮🇱

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

La detención de Javier Oropeza es un grave retroceso para la transición en Venezuela.

Que un opositor regrese al país después de más de dos años en el exilio y termine detenido apenas 48 horas después demuestra que el aparato de persecución sigue vivo.

No puede haber una transición real con las mismas estructuras que durante años persiguieron, encarcelaron y silenciaron a los venezolanos.

El SEBIN y todo el aparato represivo tienen que ser desmantelados. Venezuela necesita libertad, no miedo.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Beijing is expanding its reach in our own backyard.

China is pouring hundreds of millions into Punta Huete, an airbase in Nicaragua capable of accommodating strategic bombers. A Chinese bomber operating from there could be in Washington, D.C in three hours.

So today, I asked the State Department directly: Are we concerned about this growing foothold in our hemisphere?

Because if we are, we have to stop it before it becomes permanent.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Nicaragua no está olvidada.

Ortega y Murillo creyeron que podían adueñarse del país, destruir la democracia y perseguir a cualquiera que se atreviera a enfrentarlos.

Se equivocaron.

Hoy, desde el Congreso de Estados Unidos, lo dejé claro: quizás Nicaragua no esté todos los días en los titulares, pero tenemos los ojos puestos en la dictadura.

Ortega y Murillo están advertidos. 🇺🇸🇳🇮

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Shana Tova to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah in South Florida and across our nation!

May this new year bring you and your loved ones peace, health, happiness, and many blessings.

Wishing the Jewish community a sweet and joyful New Year!

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Big win for Key Biscayne today.

I joined Mayor Joe Rasco and local leaders to deliver more than $2.4 million in federal funding for two major projects, improving stormwater infrastructure around Key Biscayne K-8 and advancing a new offshore reef study to help fight erosion.

Safer streets. Stronger infrastructure. More Resilience. Smarter preparation for the future.

Proud to keep delivering for a community I call home. 🇺🇸

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

America is leading again in our own hemisphere.

Secretary Rubio’s visit to Colombia and @AbelardoPTE , followed by Ecuador and Peru, sends an important message: the United States is strengthening its partnerships with nations that want security, prosperity, democracy, and a stronger future for our region.

From fighting narcoterrorism to expanding trade and confronting malign foreign influence, the Western Hemisphere matters.

When America leads, our entire hemisphere is stronger.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Lo he dicho antes: después de Cuba, Nicaragua tiene que ser la próxima en ser libre.

Ortega y Murillo cancelaron las elecciones, expulsaron a la oposición de las urnas y se regalaron más años en el poder. No reformaron la Constitución: la convirtieron en la escritura de propiedad de su dictadura familiar.

Se les tiene que acabar la impunidad.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

I will always vote to condemn socialism, in every form and under every label.

That is why I voted yes today.

As the author of H.Con.Res. 58, I am glad this resolution adopts the core language of the measure I led through the House and adds a direct condemnation of the Democratic Socialists of America.

But it leaves out the history closest to home: Castro’s seizure of homes, farms, and businesses in Cuba, and the devastation of Venezuela under Chávez and Maduro.

Condemning socialism also means confronting what it has done in our own hemisphere. I will continue leading that fight with the full truth, Cuba and Venezuela included.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

The U.S.-Venezuela oil deal is a great deal for the United States and the Venezuelan people.

For years, China took advantage of Venezuela’s weakness to buy its oil at deep discounts. Now America is stepping in, and American investment and influence offer Venezuela a path toward prosperity, stability, and security.

Delcy is the wrong person to make this deal with.

We want this deal to last 100 years. Only an administration backed by strong democratic institutions and the rule of law can guarantee that. This will only be possible with free elections.

Then, this deal can endure for generations to come. 🇺🇸🇻🇪

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Hoy, junto a @RepCarlos, @RepCarolMiller, @VernBuchanan y @RepGregSteube, le pedimos al Secretario Rubio que designe a Ecuador como Aliado Principal No Miembro de la OTAN.

Ecuador está enfrentando a los carteles del narcotráfico que amenazan la seguridad de todo nuestro hemisferio. Estados Unidos debe respaldar a los países democráticos que tienen la determinación de combatir a estas organizaciones criminales.

Un Ecuador más fuerte significa menos drogas, carteles más débiles y un Estados Unidos más seguro.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Ortega pretende reunir al cuerpo diplomático en Managua para obligarlo a escuchar otra farsa del régimen.

Urjo a todos los gobiernos democráticos a rechazar esta convocatoria y no prestarse al macabro espectáculo de Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo.

No legitimen una dictadura que ya ni siquiera pretende esconder lo que es.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

$4 billion in Venezuelan gold and Delcy Rodríguez is seeking control of it.

The question is what happens next. How do we make sure Venezuela’s wealth is protected and does not fall into the same corrupt hands that have plundered the country for years?

That’s what I asked the State Department today.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

La riqueza de Venezuela le pertenece a los venezolanos, no a Delcy Rodríguez ni a su círculo corrupto.

Hoy le pregunté directamente al Departamento de Estado qué está pasando con el dinero del petróleo venezolano y con los $4 mil millones en oro de Venezuela que Delcy Rodríguez quiere recuperar.

¿A dónde está yendo el dinero? ¿Dónde están las auditorías? ¿Y quién está garantizando que esos recursos no vuelvan a caer en manos de los mismos que llevan años saqueando a Venezuela?

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Venezuela’s wealth belongs to the Venezuelan people, not Delcy Rodríguez and her corrupt circle.

Today, I questioned Caleb Orr, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, about the oil money going to Venezuela and Delcy Rodríguez’s attempt to get her hands on $4 billion in Venezuelan gold.

Where is the money going? Where are the audits? And how are we making sure Venezuela’s wealth does not end up in the hands of the same people who have robbed the country for years?

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

More pressure. More accountability. No more impunity for the Cuban dictatorship. 🇨🇺

Today, the United States sanctioned 10 entities that finance the regime and help repress the Cuban people, including the Rapid Response Brigades and the Ministry of Tourism.

This is how you confront a dictatorship: target the machinery of repression and cut off the money that keeps it alive.

The Cuban people have paid the price for this regime long enough. Now, those who sustain it must pay a price too.

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[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Hace cinco años, los cubanos salieron a las calles en toda la isla con un reclamo claro: libertad.

Hoy, la dictadura solo ha traído más represión, más miseria y un país al borde del colapso. Los presos políticos siguen tras las rejas y los cubanos continúan pagando el precio por exigir sus derechos más básicos.

El 11 de julio, el pueblo cubano le demostró al mundo que su deseo de libertad es más fuerte que la dictadura que lo oprime. Debemos seguir a su lado hasta que Cuba sea libre.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau has devoted his career to serving the United States with honor, humility, and an unwavering commitment to the values that make our nation exceptional.

A distinguished lawyer and diplomat, he has earned the respect of colleagues and friends alike through his intellect, his decency, and his quiet strength. Above all, he is a gentleman, a man of principle whose character has never depended on the office he holds.

America is fortunate to have leaders of his caliber representing our nation.

[Rep. María Elvira Salazar @RepMariaSalazar]

La historia ya dio su veredicto sobre el socialismo.

Ha destruido países, destrozado millones de vidas y obligado a incontables familias, incluyendo a tantas aquí en el sur de la Florida, a dejar atrás todo lo que conocían para poder vivir en libertad.

Nunca ha cumplido lo que promete. Ni en Cuba. Ni en Venezuela. Ni en Nicaragua. Ni en ningún otro lugar.

Estados Unidos debe aprender de quienes lo vivieron en carne propia y nunca repetir los errores de la historia.