May 10, 2010
Here we have a rig that the industry has told us so many times is so technologically advanced it supposedly could not spill.
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.
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May 10, 2010
This incident appears to have been entirely preventable if internationally accepted practices were followed.
May 10, 2010
Right now, fisherman, hotel owners and other people dependent on clean water and clean shorelines for their livelihood are collectively holding their breath.
May 6, 2010
I wish they had been right and we had been wrong. But I think the chairman hits it right on point. In the context of the rating agencies, they were playing coach and referee. When you are playing coach and referee, somehow the game does…
May 6, 2010
Mr. President, I wanted to come to the floor to talk about the Shelby amendment. I think we need to be 100 percent clear about one thing; that is, we need to pass a consumer protection bill-- not a Wall Street protection bill--with a…
May 6, 2010
Mr. President, if I may ask my distinguished chairman to yield for a moment, the Chairman is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, when I made that comment that we were going to have a tsunami of foreclosures, the administration witnesses…
May 5, 2010
Mr. President, I come to the floor this afternoon to talk about the bill before us. I commend my colleague, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Senator Dodd, for his leadership on this crucial reform. I want to start off by…
Apr 29, 2010
Mr. President, I would like to take a moment to recognize the life of women and civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height, a woman who helped pave the way for an African American to be elected President of the Unites States, a Latino son of…
Apr 29, 2010
Madam President, I rise today, as I am pleased we are finally moving to Wall Street reform--something I have come to speak about several times on the floor. That is critically important to our country, critically important to our economy…
Apr 26, 2010
Mr. President, I wish to talk about the vote we had just a few minutes ago, a vote that was a victory for Wall Street but not a victory for the American taxpayer. We hear our Republican colleagues proclaim they are for Wall Street reform…
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