Bob Menendez Jr.

I am reintroducing the Livable Communities Act, which would create a grant program to fund coordinated development of affordable housing and transit.

A good infrastructure plan not only creates good jobs, but also takes into account how infrastructure affects access to good jobs.

This is where a program like our Trusted Section 202 program is really important.

For every dollar spent on mitigation, the Federal Government saves $6 on the back end.

My bipartisan (NFIP-RE) Act takes the commonsense approach, and it would require FEMA to compensate the insurance companies the same amount it costs FEMA.

I find even more frustrating is that we call Risk Rating 2.0 equity in action, when I think this new rating system is anything but equitable.

I like anything the Federal Government could do that six to one at the end of the day.

I think the Government should be doing this.

I think one of the long-term reauthorization goals has to be keeping premiums affordable.

FEMA's Risk Rating 2.0, the agency itself says that 80 percent of property owners nationwide will see rate increases

If the United States is going to successfully diversify away from China, we need to deepen our trading relationships with our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere.

I am introducing the Livable Communities Act, which would create a grant program to incentivize the coordinated development of affordable housing and transit.

This, combined with the fact that HUD has never had a Region 2 administrator from New Jersey, going back at least a quarter of a century, troubles me, because it suggests that HUD is not prioritizing New Jersey's housing needs.

Congress has to treat essential workers like heroes.

I am a little tired of hearing about people who are heroes and then we treat them far less than a hero.

I do not think that Congress intended to provide individuals the type of relief that we did during the pandemic only to have them lose their SSI.

I urge us and the international community not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

A negotiated settlement within the country itself, supported by the regional powers, is the only path to sustainable stability.

The departure of U.S. troops does not mean the end of U.S. engagement.

We will renew our commitment to a results-focused peace process between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban.

I would like to know: have they complied?

I feel these delays in care will disproportionately harm health-care outcomes for black and Latino communities.

I am deeply concerned that delays in cancer and other screenings will translate into an increase in advanced disease cases.

COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted black and Latino communities. I am pleased to see this administration is committed to improving health equity.

If confirmed, I will join others in the Biden-Harris administration in efforts to build on these agreements.