Mario Diaz-Balart came to the House Floor to support an amendment which would express the Sense of Congress that a permanent defeat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and other paramilitary terrorist groups in Colombia is in the best interest of the United States. The amendment praises the professionalism of the Columbian security forces and intelligence operatives that liberated three American, and eleven Columbian hostages from FARC. Diaz-Balart calls on the United States Congress to stop blaming President Uribe and the democratically elected government and place the blame upon terrorists in the region.