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Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, who recommended Salas for bench during the Obama administration, announced the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act on Monday. He was joined by fellow Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Democratic New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill, who appeared... Read More

"Safeguarding and prioritizing basic human rights in the sale or transfer of lethal arms and in training, advising and support services is not just a moral imperative; it is a fundamental responsibility for any country that wishes to provide such weapons or services to others,"Menendez, the ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,... Read More

Menendez, D-N.J., will introduce legislation Wednesday to create a nonpartisan panel. His measure was co-sponsored in the Senate by Maine Republican Susan Collins and in the House by New Jersey Democrat Tom Malinowski and Florida Republican Mario Diaz Balart. Read More

The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee requested documents from the director of national intelligence on Monday detailing what he called President Trump's "close ties" to Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. In a letter to Robert O'Brien, Sen. Bob Menendez(D-N.J.) called on the intelligence community to produce documents... Read More

  U.S. Rep. Albio Sires (D-8) and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are amount countless dignitaries paying tribute to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, stating that her legacy “has forever changed America for the better.” “Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the very best of us. She has made our country a more... Read More

  Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) led a group of Democratic senators to call for the National Rifle Association (NRA) Foundation to be immediately removed from the list of charities eligible to solicit and receive contributions from federal employees on Friday. Twelve senators, including Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.),... Read More

  President Donald Trump’s move to thwart voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic by denying emergency aid to the U.S. Postal Service is “straight out of a dictator’s playbook,” U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said Monday morning. It is the job of Senate Democrats to maintain pressure to protect the U.S Postal Service,... Read More

  El senador demócrata señaló, además, que el gobierno de Donald Trump está deportando a decenas de personas que tuvieron que abandonar sus respectivos países por acciones de los regímenes. Según un estudio de la Universidad de Syracuse, más del 60% de las solicitudes hechas por... Read More

  COVID-19 has taken a severe toll on restaurants and bars. In an effort to aid these businesses, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez has cosponsored the Restaurants Act, which, if enacted, would provide $120 billion in federal relief for local food service, drinking establishments and caterers that have suffered financial losses due to... Read More

  Cuatro senadores demócratas, en una carta al Departamento de Estado y al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional, pidieron a la administración Trump que detenga las políticas que niegan asilo y envían de regreso a sus países a personas que huyen de las dictaduras en Cuba, Venezuela y Nicaragua.  En la... Read More

  New Jersey has received more than $75.7 million in federal funding to support the state’s response and recovery to the novel coronavirus.  U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, both Democrats, announced the state funding coming from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community... Read More

  New Jersey U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez is holding Amazon’s feet to the fire after a report uncovered hundreds of complaints about its products going up in flames.  Phone chargers, surge protectors and dozens of other electrical items under the AmazonBasics brand have helped people navigate their newfound work-from-home... Read More

  Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill on Thursday that would require President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on any Russian involved in the alleged payment of bounties to militants for killing U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan.  The legislation would require Trump to certify whether the Russian government offered, ordered or... Read More

  U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen), Cory Booker (D-Newark) and 45 of their Democratic colleagues urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to rescind changes to U.S. Postal Service policy that would make sending mail-in ballots more costly. “Instead of taking steps to increase your agency’s ability to deliver for the American... Read More

  Additional federal help is not on the way as America continues to battle an ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Many U.S. senators, including Bob Menendez of New Jersey, voted against a Republican-led stimulus proposal Thursday. “While Senate Democrats made our priorities clear and stood ready to negotiate,” Menendez said Thursday in a... Read More

  The Jersey City Economic Development Corporation will receive $550,000 as part of federal economic development funding designed to boost small business, US Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker announced earlier this month. The funding, the federal lawmakers said, is Jersey City’s share of a total of $17,360,000 procured for the state... Read More

  A group of Senate Democrats on Wednesday raised concerns around the ability of overseas U.S. voters to cast a ballot in the upcoming general election due to mail delays and COVID-19 interruptions. Senate Rules Committee ranking member Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranking member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen.... Read More

  U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), announced Thursday the state would receive $248 million in federal funding for the Portal Bridge replacement project. Part of the U.S. Dept. of... Read More

  U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-North Bergen), Cory Booker (D-Newark) and 45 of their Democratic colleagues urged Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to rescind changes to U.S. Postal Service policy that would make sending mail-in ballots more costly. “Instead of taking steps to increase your agency’s ability to deliver for the American... Read More