Díaz-Balart Delivers Critical Funding for School Safety, Law Enforcement, Everglades, and Tribal Partners in FL-26, While Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Support funding for school safety, law enforcement, the Everglades, and tribal partners through appropriations.
Occurrences
Evidence
The May 14, 2026 entry says Diaz-Balart 'Secures Nearly $25 Million to Support Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and Health Research for Southern Florida' after the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY27 Commerce, Justice, and Science bill, and the same page also lists May 11 funding for the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The page tags the release with School Safety.
The Community Project Funding page says Diaz-Balart 'Delivers Critical Funding to Collier and Miami-Dade Counties' and lists FY26 recipients including the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Everglades City, Collier County Sheriff’s Office, and Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. It also includes FY27 requests such as the Miccosukee Tribe Everglades Emergency Assistance Upgrades Project and other public-safety/law-enforcement projects.
Assessments
Official House materials show Diaz-Balart securing or delivering appropriations for the claimed areas: school safety/public safety and law enforcement funding, plus Everglades and tribal-partner projects in Collier and Miami-Dade counties. The evidence includes concrete FY26 funding recipients and committee-advanced FY27 appropriations work tied to those categories, which is sufficient to treat the promise as delivered in the current term.