Bob Menendez

Really? Does Canada present a greater national security threat than China?

Well, but Section 232 is--that the President has invoked, actually has to sustain that Canada is a national security threat.

We must also aggressively go after China's expropriation and outright theft of our patents and copyrights.

We must, indeed, go after China's subsidization of these materials and their dumping onto the global market, which has shuttered factories across our country and put too many Americans out of work.

His erratic actions, coupled with his denigrating remarks, do not inspire confidence.

Over the past few months, we have watched the President impose a series of trade measures against our allies and adversaries alike, seemingly without considering the impact of--these actions could have on important strategic partnerships.

My bill, S. 2188, the Consumer Data Protection Act, would require consumer reporting agencies to quickly notify the Federal Trade Commission, the CFPB, law enforcement, and consumers of a breach while keeping intact existing strong State…

Are we the only industrialized country in the world that does not guarantee some form of paid leave?

I am proud that no New Jerseyan has to make this awful choice.

I am very proud that New Jersey has had a paid family leave program in place since 2009.

The one thing I do not want to see is the IRS weaponized against States like mine.

Would you undermine New Jersey's law and deny people deductions for these charitable contributions if they are in line with 32 other States and the District of Columbia that are doing this right now and that the IRS has upheld?

This fundamentally flawed advisory contradicts decades of precedent and case law all the way up to the Supreme Court and discriminates against States, apparently, based on political affiliation.

Or we need to stop criminally prosecuting them and allow them to alternatively...

I have to differ with you. The reason we have a crisis is that the administration has decided that even those who come to a border crossing, present themselves, and ask for asylum, are turned away at a legitimate border crossing.

I would like to call it to your attention. This is including members of this committee who have joined together because the HHS Office of Inspector General found millions of dollars in waste due to drug packaging.

It does exactly what the President's blueprint said he sought to do by ending bad actors in the pharma world.

This is bipartisan legislation.

I hope that the administration can come to a formal position.

CMS predicts prescription drug price growth in 2018 will be double what it was in 2017, contrary to the President's pronouncement.

It is vital that this floating NAV rule be reversed so that we can invest our funds at higher rates.

So that is the focus in which I come to this particular legislation with.

So, in other words, I would take that answer to suggest that you did not get the monies that were appropriated by Congress in a timely fashion that would have allowed you to pursue the specific missions that Congress intended you to pursue…

We think that is a useful innovation in the legislation.

I think that would be the answer.