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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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Sep 17, 2018

hiding behind things that are not classified and calling them classified are beyond the pale.

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Sep 17, 2018

Constraining the proliferation of nuclear weapons must be a core component of our strategy.

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Sep 17, 2018

Can we have your commitment that this report will be submitted to the committee on or before that date?

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Sep 12, 2018

I rise today to oppose President Trump's nominee for Commissioner of the IRS, Mr. Charles Rettig. Now more than ever, the American people need government officials who are willing to stand up and speak truth to power. Unfortunately, Mr…

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Sep 4, 2018

I would just like to see us be far more forward leaning in response to the attacks that we have received.

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Sep 4, 2018

NATO has secured peace in Europe since 1949 and has been critical to U.S. efforts in places outside of NATO like Afghanistan, Bosnia, and Kosovo.

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Sep 4, 2018

I was disturbed but not surprised to read in your testimony that the President is seen by many European leaders as more committed to authoritarian leaders than democratic ones.

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Sep 4, 2018

Who is going to fight someone who buys your oil? Obviously, the Russians have done it to the Ukraine and others.

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Sep 4, 2018

If you believe that democracy and markets are valuable to the United States--and I believe they are--well, then we should partner with the Europeans, the EU, not just promoting them in Europe but promoting them globally.

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Sep 4, 2018

It seems to me that we need to have him understand that the calculation is wrong.

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Sep 4, 2018

We have not been responsive enough to the attacks that we have received as a country, and in any other iteration, we would clearly consider it an act of war.

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Sep 4, 2018

The exacerbating problem is we have an administration that will not even use rhetoric in an appropriate way to push back.

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