Bob Menendez

the single biggest geostrategic challenge the United States faces.

I have and will continue to stress that any lasting peace depends on accountability, including for those in positions of command.

If we are going to address the enormous scale of the global challenges we face in the 21st century, we need a well-resourced State Department with the most appropriate personnel and tools to promote American foreign policy.

I have and will continue to stress that any lasting peace depends on accountability, including for those in positions of command.

I am concerned that the proposed advance notice Medicare Advantage rate announcement will create further health disparities for the 640,000 Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in Puerto Rico.

Finally, last month The New York Times published a disturbing report on the illegal use of migrant child labor by several major companies.

I have and will continue to stress that any lasting peace depends on accountability, including for those in positions of command.

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to complete my remarks in full before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 316

I was pleased to see in the recent release of the annual human rights report that the department again pointed out these missions as a form of forced labor.

the single biggest geostrategic challenge the United States faces.

If we are going to address the enormous scale of the global challenges we face in the 21st century, we need a well-resourced State Department.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

20 years ago, in the early, overcast hours of March 19, 2003, American stealth bombers and Navy cruise missiles hit Baghdad in the first strikes of the Iraq war. When I think about that war today, I think about the costs--the costs to the…

Advancing equity for all through the delivery of health-care services is a priority for the title X family planning program.

We have a moral, as well as an economic imperative to end Alzheimer's in our time.

For over 50 years, title X family planning clinics have played a significant role in ensuring access to reproductive and preventive health-care services for millions of low-income or uninsured individuals.

I am worried that while we are talking broadly, the effect in Puerto Rico for the 3.5 million United States citizens is disproportionate.

I was deeply disappointed, however, to see that the President's proposed budget this year included only 113 million in new FMF lines for emergency foreign policy priorities, far short of the $2 billion target.

A debt ceiling fight has always been dangerous. It is dangerous for our financial system.

I am pleased to see the Biden administration included $700 for the Hudson River tunnels and the President's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

It seems to me that institutions like Silicon Valley Bank, while we still have a lot to learn, have the potential to be systemically important, and our laws and regulations should treat them as such.

I certainly will not vote to default on the debt, I think some of my colleagues may not feel the same way.

It is dangerous to put at risk the U.S. dollar as the reserve of choice in the world.

I have been an advocate of transit-oriented development because I have seen the transformative effects it can have on communities.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…