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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 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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Mar 16, 2021

I take no pleasure in coming to the floor today. We in the Senate take pride in our decorum and our sense of comity with each other, so much so that we often twist ourselves into pretzels to avoid saying anything that might be interpreted…

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Mar 16, 2021

I truly believe that China today, led by the Communist Party and propelled by Xi Jinping's hyper nationalism, is unlike any challenge we have faced before as a nation.

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Mar 16, 2021

We need to be clear eyed and sober about Beijing's intentions and actions and calibrate our policy and strategy accordingly.

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Mar 16, 2021

We must ensure that our society remains open and free but also resilient and aware of the ways in which the CCP attempts to suppress, influence, or steal information within the United States.

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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 15, 2021

My home State of New Jersey has long been at the forefront of innovation, from telecom to electricity to the pharmaceutical innovations of today.

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Mar 15, 2021

I believe we can never again be held hostage to foreign manufacturers.

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Mar 15, 2021

I have developed bipartisan legislation with Senator Wicker to incentivize medical supply manufacturing in Puerto Rico.

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Mar 15, 2021

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

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Mar 15, 2021

Look, 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 9, 2021

President Trump's actions made it harder to effectively champion human rights and promote democracy abroad.

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