WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with several Democratic colleagues, today wrote Trump Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue regarding their concerns about the disproportionate impact the lack of access to healthy, affordable food is having on low-income communities and communities of color during the... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to grant approvals for therapeutics to combat COVID-19 based on science, not politics or political interference. The FDA recently granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to two products, hydroxycholoroquine... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) and Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ-09) sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to request that New Jersey’s recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits be eligible to participate in a pilot program that allows the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.-09) today wrote to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to give flexibility to New Jersey schools to ensure they can keep feeding New Jersey students just the accelerating COVID-19... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved $9 million in federal financing in the form of a low-interest loan through the Office of Rural Development program for the City of Wildwood to build a new 24,000 square foot firehouse. “Every single... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced $4,088,000 in federal funding through the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development program rehabilitate water and wastewater systems in Woodbine, N.J. "Important investments like this help us ensure that all New Jerseyans have reliable systems and... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today announced $2,500,000 in federal funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to assist in the construction of a new Food Industry Commercialization Center in Bridgeton, N.J., which will provide needed flexible spaces for new food production companies to leverage technical... Read More

NEWARK, NJ – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) today announced a $351,000 National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant to Rutgers University in New Brunswick to fund critical research focused on Crop Protection and Pest Management (CPPM). “This is a great news for students and faculty at Rutgers, who... Read More

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that Rutgers University has received $456,727 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct advanced research in order to develop more nutritious cranberry crops in New Jersey. The funding was made possible through USDA’s National Institute of Food and... Read More

NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-NJ) announced $120,000 in federal funding to build and rehabilitatewaterand wastewatersystems in Maurice River, Downe, and Woodbine. The funding is awarded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) through its Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that $770,044.10 was awarded to the N.J. Department of Agriculture for 13 agricultural projects throughout the Garden State. The funding was awarded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Block Grant program. "This funding will help everyone understand what... Read More

Washington - U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that Gloucester County and the Borough of Hopatcong will each receive $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make repairs and improve housing conditions for low- and very-low-income rural residents. The funds from USDA's Rural Development's... Read More

Washington - The Senate Finance Committee today approved Senator Menendez's Cotton Trust Fund legislation to level the playing field for American manufacturing companies and protect thousands jobs in the United States. Menendez's bill would reauthorize a 2006 program to correct a tariff inversion on cotton shirting material imports that make it... Read More

Cumberland County - U.S. Senator Robert Menendez yesterday joined local officials to cut the ribbon on the 2012 Cumberland County Fair, a fair that has attracted thousands over the years for its games, fireworks, and 4-H exhibits. Menendez spoke at the Grand Opening Ceremony about the importance of the agricultural industry to New Jersey's economy.... Read More

Washington - US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded Rutgers University, New Brunswick - Department of Entomology, $135,727 in funds to develop management strategies to eliminate two plagues that affect pepper farming in New Jersey - the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug and Halyomorpha Halys.... Read More

Washington - Senator Robert Menendez (D - New Jersey) released the following statement on the United States Department of Agriculture's settlement with Hispanic and female farmers: "I commend the Administration for its leadership in working to address a grave injustice done to Hispanic-American and female farmers at the hands of our own United... Read More

Washington - U.S. Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) grant funding will be awarded for employment-related services to assist blueberry farm workers in Atlantic County affected by layoffs. The $1,656,673 grant, awarded by the Department of Labor (DOL)... Read More

Washington - U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that $35,658,000 in federal funds for New Jersey military construction and agriculture projects were approved in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The projects were included in the FY 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration... Read More

Hillside - On the eve of Thanksgiving, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) visited the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in Hillside to shine a spotlight on the strain food banks are facing during this economic recession. As more families have fallen on tough times but fewer businesses and individuals are able to contribute, food banks have been... Read More

Washington- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) yesterday stood on the Senate floor to urge the Administration to provide a settlement in the USDA discrimination lawsuit brought by Hispanic Farmers. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) stood in support of the farmers "Decades of indifference and discrimination in lending practices at the United States... Read More