Venezuelans with impunity, those who should not, are hanging in Miami using their ill-gotten gains purchasing properties.
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.
I rise today, as I have many times before, to stand up for a free and independent Ukraine. I come to the floor to unambiguously call out and condemn the Russian Government's escalation of aggression and the increasingly dangerous situation…
Human trafficking--in the form of sexual exploitation, forced labor, and forced marriage--is a moral stain on our collective conscious and one of the greatest challenges of our time.
I did not hesitate to criticize a president of my own party when I thought he was wrong. I am not going to hesitate to criticize this president when I think he is wrong.
It is estimated that forced labor alone generates over 150 billion dollars in profits annually . . . making it the second largest income source for international criminals next to the drug trade.
I do not want you to think that the raising of Saudi Arabia or of immigration as a legitimate issue... is a political context.





