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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.
today I rise to oppose the nomination of Chad Readler to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. I remember the 2018 campaign season, when so many Republicans suddenly became the world's most passionate defenders of patients with preexisting…
I rise today in opposition to President Trump's nominee for Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, Michael Desmond. This nominee comes before us just a week into this year's filing season, when our need for an IRS that treats all…
over the last 2 years, many of us have grappled with a very difficult question about our President. It is a question that never before could we even imagine thinking about an American President, let alone saying it out loud on the floor of…
today I wish to express my deep concerns regarding President Trump's suspension of U.S. participation in the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces--INF--Treaty and decision to withdraw from the treaty in 6 months. Before diving into the…
I call up an amendment numbered 98 to amendment No. 97. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Menendez], for Mr. Risch, proposes an amendment…
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide for a classified annex to be submitted…
the Senate just invoked cloture on the majority leader's amendment, and I now rise to urge support for my second-degree amendment, the one where the colloquy included in the Record between the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations…
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To clarify that the amendment shall not be construed as a…
Yes, that is my understanding. My amendment should not be construed to affect in any way any existing authorities governing the use of military force. It only clarifies that the McConnell amendment is not an authorization for the use of…
I rise to give voice to the more than 5,000 Federal employees across New Jersey who aren't getting paid due to President Trump's pointless government shutdown. Make no mistake. This shutdown is the result of a Presidential temper tantrum…
I thank my distinguished colleague from Georgia--a member of the committee--for doing so. I appreciate his courtesy. As I said, we don't know, and we have a right to find out. Our own FBI was worried he might actually be a foreign agent…
I come to the floor today in support of S.J. Res. 2, expressing disapproval of the Trump administration's desire to remove sanctions from companies owned by Oleg Deripaska. In accordance with specific provisions in a law I helped write…
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