“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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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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Dec 5, 2011

I am very concerned that if the qualified residential mortgage definition being worked out... is not broad enough, it could hurt the housing market.

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Dec 5, 2011

I was proud to support the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

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Dec 5, 2011

It is time to allow for an up-or-down vote on Richard Cordray.

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Dec 5, 2011

But can you name a single action in all of American history that caused a greater loss of American jobs or slowing the growth that we have had in this economy than when we allowed Wall Street financial institutions to largely do whatever…

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Dec 5, 2011

Isn't it a fact that it was the failure to regulate big Wall Street banks and the derivatives market that caused the losses of millions of American jobs over the last several years?

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Dec 5, 2011

I just find this movement toward this 20 percent to me to be arbitrary.

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Dec 1, 2011

I rise to urge my colleagues to pass amendment No. 1414 that I have offered with my distinguished colleague from Illinois, Senator Kirk, to strengthen sanctions against Iran that go to the heart of the regime's ability to finance its…

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Dec 1, 2011

I know we want to hear from our colleague shortly. I wish to join in recognizing over a quarter of a century of distinguished service from the senior Senator from New Jersey on this 9,000th vote, which is only emblematic of the type of…

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Dec 1, 2011

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 100, nays 0, as…

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Dec 1, 2011

the Menendez-Kirk bipartisan amendment is sponsored by over half of the Members of the Senate. It makes it very clear that the Treasury Department's own determination under the PATRIOT Act that the Iranian Central Bank is the central…

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Dec 1, 2011

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 1414

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