JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, (both D-NJ) today applauded President Biden’s nominations of Julien Xavier Neals and Judge Zahid Quraishi to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.  Their nominations were announced by the White House this morning as... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today applauded the Biden Administration for partnering with the state of New Jersey to boost vaccinations across the Newark area, announcing it will soon open a pilot Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Vaccination Center located at the Naimoli Family Athletic and... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), senior members of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees that set national health policy, today led a delegation letter urging U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to cease implementation of a Trump-era policy that will... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today called on the Biden Administration to allocate additional vaccines for New Jersey to ensure the resurgence in COVID-19 cases and emergence of more virulent variants does not outpace the state’s current vaccination efforts.“The COVID-19 virus continues to threaten the health and... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today applauded the Biden Administration for partnering with the state of New Jersey to boost vaccinations across the Newark area, announcing it will soon open a pilot Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Vaccination Center located at the Naimoli Family Athletic and... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today rallied with local leaders and gun safety advocates and called on President Biden and Congress to take immediate action to address the nation’s gun violence epidemic. The call to action comes after two deadly mass shootings in as many weeks, leaving 18 people dead.“When it comes to gun... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) today were joined by Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), in introducing a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The bipartisan resolution... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Los Senadores Bob Menéndez y Cory Booker hoy aplaudieron a la administración de Biden por su nuevo esfuerzo colaborativo con el estado de Nueva Jersey para incrementar la tasa de vacunación en el área de Newark, anunciando que pronto se abrirá un nuevo centro de vacunación comunitario de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, lauded the Committee approval of their bipartisan resolution in observance of the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising. The resolution now moves to the Senate Floor for final... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously adopted their resolution commemorating the 200th anniversary of Greek Independence Day, March 25, 2021. The bipartisan resolution... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J.  – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with 12 senators from states along the Northeast Corridor (NEC), sent a letter to President Biden urging him to support at least $55 billion in long-term funding for passenger rail infrastructure in order to repair the NEC rail... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today applauded the release of the first $81 billion of the $122 billion in the American Rescue Plan’s (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) fund to help our nation’s Pre-K-12 public schools safely reopen and address the academic, social, emotional,... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, and Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in introducing new bipartisan... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the awarding of $91,533,584.41 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) to support New Jersey’s COVID-19 response and recovery. The funding represents retroactive reimbursement for COVID-related costs after the Biden Administration,... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today introduced comprehensive legislation that will expand and improve access to essential benefits for veterans who served in the Gulf War and other wars in the region. Gulf War veterans often suffer from unexplained chronic symptoms known as the “Gulf War Illness”, which can include symptoms... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Facing expiration at the end of the month, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today voted to extend the popular Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) until May 31, 2021, providing additional two months for struggling small businesses, particularly underserved minority and women-owned businesses, to apply for and get the assistance they... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) today reintroduced the bipartisan WWII Veterans Hospital and Medical Eligibility Act to ensure all World War II (WWII) veterans have access to health care services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Current eligibility limits in the law have... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), today led a group of 41 of their Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden outlining the pillars of a comprehensive diplomatic Iran strategy that will garner bipartisan support in Congress.“While we... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Calif.-13) today reintroduced the Gun Records Restoration and Preservation Act. This bicameral legislation would repeal the Tiahrt Amendments – provisions that severely hamstring law enforcement’s ability to solve and prosecute gun crimes, stop illegal gun... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined Sens. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with 33 of their Senate colleagues, to introduce a resolution condemning all forms of anti-Asian sentiment, racism, and discrimination. The resolution also calls on federal officials, in... Read More