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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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Jan 2, 2019

today I wish to call attention to President Trump's recent decisions to withdraw or threaten U.S. withdrawal from four treaties: the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, INF Treaty; the Universal Postal Union, UPU, treaty; the…

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Dec 20, 2018

yesterday, Christmas came early to the Kremlin. First, we have President Trump's announcement to pull our troops out of Syria. Second, the administration wants to delist three companies controlled by Oleg Deripaska, though, I am not sure…

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Dec 19, 2018

I am going to be shortly joined by my distinguished colleague from Rhode Island, Senator Whitehouse, for an exchange we will have, but in order to preserve the time on the floor, I will start. I come to the floor today to once again join…

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Dec 18, 2018

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. FIRST STEP Act

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Dec 18, 2018

I rise in support of the FIRST STEP Act. This legislation, as the title says, is an important first step toward desperately needed criminal justice reform. I thank Senators Durbin, Grassley, and Lee, as well as my good friend and…

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Dec 13, 2018

Reserving the right to object, I do not intend to object. I just want to say that on this resolution, there is a central reason why I am not going to object. I don't agree with some of the language that speaks about the economic interests…

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Dec 13, 2018

I come to the floor today to talk about the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship in the broader context of America's interests in the Middle East. I want to begin by responding to an op-ed Secretary of State Pompeo published in the Wall Street…

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Dec 12, 2018

I rise today to discuss S.J. Res. 54, a pointed statement from the U.S. Senate that the status quo in Yemen is not tenable, that we will not stand idly by as the President lends our country's name to the calamitous military forays of…

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Dec 12, 2018

If my friend the distinguished chairman of the committee will yield for a moment, let me just say first that I appreciate his good intentions and commitment to having a process in which the Sanders-Lee resolution could move forward. To…

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Dec 11, 2018

I rise today to discuss--and I appreciate the distinguished Senator from Rhode Island and the work he has done on this critical question of climate change. I am pleased to join him today on the floor in pursuit of what he has been doing. I…

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Dec 10, 2018

today I wish to pay tribute to Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a true giant for human rights in Russia and around the world. Ms. Alexeyeva passed away over the weekend in Moscow and left behind children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, but…

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Dec 10, 2018

it is fundamentally unfair for Chinese companies to take advantage of the strength and liquidity of U.S. capital markets but do not have to play by the rules.

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