Dec 19, 2012
It seems to me that it is not only common sense, but for my friends who are fiscal hawks, the reality is that it is far more fiscally responsible to ultimately ensure that we do not have repetitive loss.
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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Dec 19, 2012
Didn't we learn a lesson in a different context after September 11th that in a post-September 11th world, multiple modes of transportation are critical...
Dec 19, 2012
It is very likely that all of your numbers will go upwards, not downwards, at the end of the day.
Dec 19, 2012
I have lived in New Jersey my whole life, and I have never, ever seen the type of devastation we have now.
Dec 19, 2012
Now is the time to determine what actions we must take in order to build back the region in a way that makes us less vulnerable in future storms.
Dec 19, 2012
Yes, and isn't it fair to say that a delayed recovery is a failed recovery at the end of the day?
Dec 19, 2012
And if you increase the debt service to do that, short of getting greater ridership, you are ultimately looking at the possibility of a fare increase.
Dec 19, 2012
While many mistakes were made--and they outlined and responded to each of them--a significant problem was resources.
Dec 19, 2012
Now, one of the other elements of the report is intelligence: in essence, an intelligence failure.
Dec 19, 2012
So, are we going to have a more horizontal effort within the State Department instead of silos?
Dec 19, 2012
Our challenge--both here at home and abroad--is that, in the context of terrorism, terrorists have only to be lucky once.
Dec 18, 2012
I see the Senator from Alaska is ready to speak. I have been asked to do some wrapup items, if she would indulge us. ____________________
Dec 12, 2012
It devastated some of the most densely populated communities in the country.
Dec 11, 2012
I hope this is not your last meeting because I hope you have a business meeting to be able to vote out these nominees.
Dec 8, 2012
The need for us to be able to acquire mortgages while people were still in their homes, to get ahead of the problem
Dec 5, 2012
Number two, regardless of the size of the supplemental, we need flexibility in being able to seek the recovery that we all want.
Dec 5, 2012
I feel like I have to be Houdini to accomplish this, so--but we are going to do this.
Dec 5, 2012
I have lived in the State of New Jersey my whole life. I have never seen the type of devastation that exists in the State.
Dec 5, 2012
I fully expect that now that for the first time we have the type of devastation that others have suffered and should understand, that we are going to have the type of response that others have received.
Dec 5, 2012
And I would simply say that in a time in which the housing market, although we see some indicators moving upward and prices, values moving upward, it is still a very significant challenge.
Dec 5, 2012
So a good part of the portfolio that we have been suffering with here certainly took place prior to this administration.
Dec 5, 2012
If we have a northeaster, our defenses are so far down that it would be like a person's immune system being susceptible to any type of illness.
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