Robert 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.
Why, of the $1.6 billion in law enforcement support promised under the Merida initiative, only $20 million of it had been spent by April of last year?
The recipe for victory in my mind is clear. Our efforts must be shouldered jointly, recognizing a shared responsibility to address supply and demand for narcotics.
I don't want you to give me specifics and I know all about grand juries. The question is are we making it a priority to ensure that we take advantage of this opportunity to get information and evidence that could be brought to court…
I have been pursuing with other colleagues from the committee the issue of Libya and Qadhafi's engagement with the bombing of Pan Am 103.
Mr. President, later, as we move to the bill on small business, I will be offering, I hope, a second-degree amendment to the amendment offered by Senator Johanns, and I speak today on behalf of middle-class families and on behalf of small…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Tester). Without objection, it is so ordered.
Second, I always hear that the Community Reinvestment Act is to blame for the crisis because it supposedly forced banks to lend to minorities whose loans were bad, when, in fact, isn't it true that only 6 percent of the subprime loans were…
So I guess this is one of those things that if you say a lie enough it ultimately somebody will believe it, because the facts clearly do not substantiate that.
We continue to hear that private capital is on the sidelines awaiting for the Government to get out of the way before it enters the secondary mortgage market.





