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Bob Menendez

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Robert Menendez is a prominent Democratic politician currently serving as a member of the United States Senate, representing New Jersey. He was first elected to the Senate in 2006 and has since been re-elected multiple times. Menendez has played a significant role in various policy areas, including foreign relations, immigration reform, and healthcare. He has served on several Senate committees, including the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he has been an advocate for human rights and democracy abroad.

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Jan 11, 2022

I will not apologize for the speech I made on the Senate floor.

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Jan 11, 2022

We cannot waste any more time. I urge my colleagues to advance her nomination so she can lead the State Department's efforts to improve the safety and security of at-risk Jewish communities.

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Jan 11, 2022

I regret that President Castro moved so quickly to recognize a regime that has contributed to the largest humanitarian crisis in recent history in the region.

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Jan 11, 2022

We in the Senate are supposed to hold ourselves to a higher standard. We are supposed to advance America's long march toward a more perfect Union, not coddle and cater to those who would take us backwards, and we are supposed to stand up…

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Jan 11, 2022

I believe was a politically-motivated decision to target Israel and wrongfully extends the Court's jurisdiction over personnel of a non-State Party.

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Jan 11, 2022

If we cannot call out comments for what they are, if we do not understand that words have power to them, sometimes very negative powerful consequences, then we can never challenge, whether it be antisemitism or racism or other elements.

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Jan 11, 2022

I understand that INARA requires that any 'agreement' with Iran related to Iran's nuclear program be transmitted to Congress.

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Jan 11, 2022

I think that is deeply, deeply problematic.

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Jan 11, 2022

Reaffirming the region's shared dedication to democracy has been a part of leaders' commitments at every Summit of the Americas.

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Jan 11, 2022

the partisan polarization around Israel in the United States is, in my view, deleterious to the health of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

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Jan 11, 2022

Today's nomination significantly strengthens our commitment to Sudan and its people in their quest for democracy and accountable government.

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Jan 11, 2022

When a foreign country like China goes ahead and puts a couple of million Uyghurs in concentration camps--and we know that to be true--when Cuba goes ahead and represses its citizens for peacefully protesting and recently passed a law that…

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