If you are being human trafficked by some slave trafficker, whether for sex or labor, you want somebody speaking out about human rights and democracy.
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.
If you are confirmed--this goes to every nominee--will you commit that if the committee or its members reach out to you and seek to get insights from your posts and positions, that you will share them freely with them?
I continue to be concerned about the slow pace of nominations from the President and the vacancies at the State Department, at USAID, and at critical posts overseas.
Now, I would argue, in the face of ongoing Russian military aggression and disinformation campaigns aimed at eroding democratic institutions and western alliances, this mission has never been more important.
I cannot emphasize it enough, because we need someone who has the moral clarity that Nikki Haley has.
So I am going to create a continuing record, so that we hopefully have equity at the end of the day, regardless of who the nominee is.
Costa Rica has borne part of a significant share of addressing the crisis of unaccompanied minors from Central America.
what happens in our own hemisphere impacts us here in the United States most directly.
I do hope that we will continue to promote the Taiwan Relations Act as the law of the land, as the essence of our relationship with Taiwan.
China is probably one of the most complex posts that anybody could ever be offered.





