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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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Mar 17, 2021

More than 8 years ago, Superstorm Sandy crashed onto New Jersey's shoreline, causing the greatest natural disaster in our State's history.

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Mar 17, 2021

New Jersey has lost $4.5 billion in home value since 2005, a time period covering Sandy, because of flooding related to sea level rises.

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Mar 17, 2021

I come to the floor today to discuss yesterday's report from the Intelligence Committee, a public report, which confirmed what we all suspected last year: that the Russian Federation favored Donald Trump's reelection and sought to…

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Mar 16, 2021

To that end, I appreciate that the ranking member has stated his desire to join forces to draft and markup a strong bipartisan China bill.

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Mar 16, 2021

China today is challenging the United States and destabilizing the international community across every dimension of power.

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Mar 16, 2021

If we fail to invest in our geo-economic tools, if we fail to replenish the sources of our competitiveness here at home, we will find that while we still may dominate in the old domains and traditional measures of military power, the world…

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Mar 16, 2021

I am especially disappointed to see comments like this right before the U.S.-China discussions in Alaska this week.

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Mar 16, 2021

At the time, New Jersey had already been on the front lines of the pandemic for over 2 months--2 months when we were fighting in the dark against an invisible enemy; 2 months when New Jerseyians suffered immeasurable losses and pain.

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Mar 16, 2021

Like I get no one likes to be called racist, but sometimes, there's just no other way to describe the use of bigoted tropes that for generations have threatened black lives, by stoking white fear of African-Americans and black men in…

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Mar 16, 2021

Yes, I think we should ratify the United Nations Convention, the Law of the Sea.

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Mar 16, 2021

Well, I understand decorum of the Senate, but sometimes, as the late John Lewis says, you have to get into good trouble.

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Mar 16, 2021

Yes, well, it's an amazing set of circumstances. We all know what happened here on January 6th. We saw the consequences, the nation saw it.

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