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Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen merged two powerhouse trans orgs into one unstoppable force, proving that unity makes the queer community stronger.
Behind the scenes, however, one of Smith’s colleagues on the foreign affairs committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Florida Republican, was working with Weiner on a different bill.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was born in Cuba in 1952 and immigrated to the United States at the age of eight. Her family settled in Miami.
Timeline 1991 – Interns with US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. 1998-2000 – City Commissioner of West Miami. January 25, 2000 – Elected to the Florida House of Representatives.
Lincoln Díaz-Balart was, and is, a hero to Cuban dissidents. Many have told me so. They also speak glowingly about Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a retired congresswoman, and a precious handful of others.
Working alongside colleagues Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Bob Menendez, he crafted legislation that tightened sanctions against Cuba’s communist regime.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen was traveling out of Miami when she learned that Lincoln Díaz-Balart died on Monday. He was 70.
“There were no commercial flights so Bob Graham (and former U.S. Reps.) Ileana Ros- Lehtinen and Lincoln Diaz-Balart and I met at Andrews Air Force Base to be flown by Mil-Air (military airplane ...
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen First Latina and Cuban-American to Serve in Congress Political activism runs in Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s family.
Timeline 1991 – Interns with US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. 1998-2000 – City Commissioner of West Miami. January 25, 2000 – Elected to the Florida House of Representatives.
FARA filings reviewed by CBS News show a current senior advisor for Akin Gump, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, was lobbying on behalf of the UAE as recently as 2022.