Bob Menendez Jr.: “The scope, duration, and nature would rise to, basically, a level of war that would require us to come to the Congress”

As Members of Congress, we have a legal right to conduct oversight at any DHS facility without prior notice, as we have already done twice this year.

It was an act of intimidation. It was an act of intimidation not just to the mayor, not just to us, but to everyone watching.

Could expanding the scope of hazardous materials subject to increased safety regulations prevent future tragedies like the one in East Palestine?

I represent a densely populated district. And so, there is a heliport on one side of the district and New York City on the other.