Bob Menendez

It is fitting and appropriate, although it was not coordinated, that I follow on to the comments of the distinguished Senator from Washington State, the ranking member of the committee, as she was talking about the importance of the…

International coordination to address systemic risk is not easy, but as we learned during the financial crisis, I think it is critically important.

Clearly, we have an infrastructure crisis with water in proportion to what we face with our Nation's highways.

Yes. As noted, America's water infrastructure needs are increasing significantly and receiving increased attention.

I have been a long and consistent supporter of harnessing private-sector financing to invest in our infrastructure.

We should not lose sight of the fact that financing is not a replacement for funding.

The role of the public sector is much broader. It is more than getting people from point A to point B.

The bottom line is, there is not enough potential profit in order for the private sector to come in.

That fundamental problem is not going to go away. We are going to have to work together and make some tough choices.

If I followed Mr. Moore's thinking, Eisenhower would not have opened up a national highway system; we would not have been at the point when we were the envy of the world in infrastructure, in ports, in rail connections to get people to…

We need to act now while we still have the leverage to succeed.

If we do not lead, we risk ceding leadership to countries that do not share our interests and values.

The region is home to vibrant economies, some of our closest allies, and some of our most demanding challenges.

I just think that we should not engage in unilateral disarmament, and that is exactly what we will do if we let Ex-Im Bank expire.

By providing loan guarantees to help manage the risks of investing in this strategically important country, something that the Senate has clearly espoused on by virtue of votes that it has had in the Ukraine Freedom Support Act that I…

To the contrary, I believe more strongly than ever that the President's decisive first steps need to be followed by decisive congressional action, including repealing Helms-Burton and related statutes.

If we all want to move forward with Cuba, we cannot be looking back.

I fully support what the President is doing to meaningfully improve international relations, particularly with Cuba.

I see no price whatsoever that China is paying for their activities in the South and East China Seas.

I respectfully urge the Senate to take up U.S. accession of the Law of the Sea Convention.

I was always an admirer that U.S. policy was about actually stopping nuclear proliferation not managing it.

Wiser is one thing. Necessary is another.

It seems to me that this is a real concern.

But clearly it is something that China wants as much as we do.

In the last few years, China's nonproliferation policies remain from my view problematic.