Bob Menendez Jr.

I have a strong view, that I have asserted throughout my 24 years in Congress, that there is a reason the founders created a separation of powers.

I would be happy to invite my dear friend and colleague to southwestern New Jersey, where we have cranberry bogs, peach orchards, blueberries, and there are rural parts of the State.

It is discouraging. And I call on all of us who voted for that bipartisan bill...bring back that bill, keep out the bad stuff.

I am not looking necessarily to prosecute the consumer, because in many cases, I believe the consumer was duped.

I have repeatedly raised how counterfeit imports are increasingly threatening the viability of U.S. businesses.

That provision will die. And we need not wait for it to die when 1.2 million Americans have said to you...

Are you going to at least prepare and respond to those 1.2 million Americans and nearly 100 Members of Congress...

1.2 million Americans, I think very rarely has the SEC seen that extent of commentary, tells you the incredible importance that people believe in the nature of limited corporate spending at a time in our national politics that determines…

You cannot embrace it in one moment and then throw it away in another.

I cannot think of anybody better to be in your position than you.

If I have met all of my obligations, I do not understand why I have to go above and beyond.

I am pleased to have joined Senator Toomey in cosponsoring the Consumer Financial Choice and Capital Markets Protection Act in an effort to preserve money market funds.

If State and local government are faced with impeded access to the capital markets through the closure of tax-exempt money market funds, what other options exist for low-cost financing of critical community and infrastructure projects?

Does CBP have any authority to right these wrongs without congressional action?

Commissioner Kerlikowske, can you please explain to the members of the committee why CBP is statutorily barred from refunding erroneously collected duties from these companies?

When a mother puts a child on that beast of the train and prays to God that that child will make it, it talks about the extraordinary circumstances they face.

I came today in part, unlike others, maybe, to praise the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, not to bury it.

Last year, I reintroduced the Shareholder Protection Act to require public companies to disclose their political spending and to require a shareholder vote to approve it.

I support the State Department budget. I would like to have this committee create some structure for it.

In the absence of it, we basically allow the State Department, with all their good intentions, to decide what is the course without congressional direction and oversight.

We are always stronger when the Congress and the administration work together to advance American foreign policy.

I appreciate your answers. We are ready and willing to do whatever we can from this side of the Capitol to be helpful in your efforts there.

Madam Chairman, let me talk about the challenges of families who still, notwithstanding the numbers, do not see their incomes rising.

So it is critical that we get a handle on the security situation in El Salvador not only for the security of El Salvador, as you rightly point out, but for the security of the United States, and that will be my number-one top priority if…

American citizens living on the island of Puerto Rico are now in dire straits.