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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 18, 2013

Theft of U.S. trade secrets is an increasingly urgent problem.

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Mar 18, 2013

It is my understanding that negotiations on the pharmaceutical intellectual property text are still ongoing.

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Mar 18, 2013

It is one of the areas that I am going to be looking towards in terms of judging whether or not we can be supportive.

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Mar 18, 2013

Mr. Chairman, we have done best as a Nation when we make sure we are inclusive, not exclusive.

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Mar 18, 2013

If I have the roof and it has been leaking and I cannot afford to replace it... I can replace the roof.

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Mar 18, 2013

Thank you, Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Crapo, and thank you to our panel of distinguished witnesses who have taken the time to be here today.

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Mar 18, 2013

Looking at the variety of factors to consider in terms of risk and underwriting is incredibly important as well

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Mar 18, 2013

There has to be some Government backstop here, or else the market as we know it... would not be realized.

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Mar 11, 2013

I certainly hope that the ideological opposition to the entity which received a majority vote in its creation by the Congress of the United States does not continue to be the opposition to someone who is eminently qualified.

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Mar 11, 2013

Will you work to follow through on this, if confirmed, and make sure that we get to the rule that is called for under the law?

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Mar 11, 2013

If that is a new standard that a majority will can now be subverted by stopping a nominee in order to subvert the agency, then that is a dangerous slope.

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Mar 6, 2013

I think American leadership on this issue is absolutely essential.

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Mar 6, 2013

Given this growing set of circumstances, I believe the committee needs to take a close look at current United States policy toward North Korea.

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Mar 6, 2013

This new Security Council resolution, based on a United States-China draft, includes tough new sanctions intended to impede North Korea's ability to develop further its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

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Mar 6, 2013

It is up to North Korea to understand that it has another path that it can take.

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Mar 4, 2013

I don't know more than what I've read. But I do know that from the very beginning I said that nameless, faceless, anonymous sources took the main -- from right-wing blogs took this story which were just false smears right before an…

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Mar 4, 2013

I don't know more than what I have read. But I do know that from the very beginning I said that nameless, faceless, anonymous sources took the names -- from right-wing blogs, took this story, which were just false smears, right before an…

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Mar 3, 2013

It's amazing to me that anonymous, nameless, faceless individuals on a Web site can drive that type of story into the mainstream. But that's what they've done successful. Now nobody can find them. No one ever met them. No one ever talked…

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Mar 3, 2013

It's amazing to me that anonymous, nameless, faceless individuals on a Web site can drive that type of story into the mainstream. But that's what they have done successfully. Now nobody can find them. No one ever met them. No one ever…

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Feb 25, 2013

The sizes of deficits and debt matter, of course, but not all tax and spending programs are created equal

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Feb 25, 2013

Across-the-board cuts are indiscriminate and, therefore, do not have the balance that you suggest is necessary.

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Feb 13, 2013

The question is: What recourse do they have here other than pursuing their own litigation? They have none through your process.

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Feb 13, 2013

We want people to stay in their homes.

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Feb 12, 2013

The President has made clear it is unacceptable for Iran to have nuclear weapons. We will exhaust all diplomatic and economic means we can, but all options are left on the table.

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