Bob Menendez

My point, Mr. Chairman, is as we are calculating here, the sense of instantaneousness, there are going to be months involved under any circumstances.

But that oil is not going to stay here in the United States to help American consumers.

We would rather fund our highways and bridges with aviation security fees, with taxes on mortgages, with a fire sale on Strategic Petroleum Reserves

Energy independence for America suggests that we are using our natural resources, particularly those on Federal lands and waters, to benefit America.

Producing quality petroleum products and raw materials in America enhances our national energy and economic security.

It would be a mistake in my view for the Fed to shift its focus away from jobs at this critical time.

The importance of U.S. Government officials seeing civil society and others.

We should be able to develop that while working with groups such as Human Rights Watch and Freedom House.

Would it not have the consequence of undermining the veracity of the TIP report in a way that other countries would say, 'Well, if it is--if I am important enough to the United States for trade or for some other reason, then I do not have…

My amendment prohibits fast track for Tier 3 human trafficking countries, signed into law by President Obama as part of the Trade Promotion Authority.

We have got to break that idea, because, if, globally, the message we send is that, in order to meet the government officials of a country, that we cannot meet with human rights activists, political dissidents, independent journalists...

Malaysia is a very problematic case with intermingled issues of corruption and lack of protections for marginalized and migrant populations.

A global sanctioning regime like the Global Magnitsky bill could help add general pressure for a more rights-respecting political environment

It is pretty amazing to me that, when our colleagues in the Senate go to visit in Cuba, they do not visit with human rights activists, political dissidents, independent journalists.

I certainly appreciate your service in your previous iteration, and now, I am sure, with your present leadership.

The executive branch must not send forward candidates for TPP who are in the lowest ranking in the TIP Report.

Bahrain's main opposition party has refused to participate in the national dialogue process to protest authorities prosecuting some of its senior members for exercising their right to free speech.

The Obama administration needs a fresh approach that leans more in the direction of strategic pressure instead of strategic patience

I think without question that establishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been one of the cornerstone achievements of the law.

Malaysia should not continue to expect to be treated with kid gloves, and the 2015 TIP report should not exculpate Malaysia from the shortcomings in its legal obligations, both international and domestic, to protect victims of human…

This vacancy leaves no dedicated senior official to fight the battles on behalf of the trafficking office.

Malaysia deserves to be among them.

The basis for this cynical and manipulative recommendation is simple.

The government of Malaysia is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking in its country.

The deal doesn't provide for any time anywhere inspections.