When COVID-19 hit the Esparza household, it was a domino effect that shook the New Jersey family to its core. “I woke up one day and had a fever,” Gabriela Esparza explained, describing the tumultuous rollercoaster she and her entire immediate family experienced back in April. “Then the next day my mother had a fever, three... Read More

  U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), announced the COVID-19 Health Disparities Action Act Wednesday, saying it would improve contact tracing, testing and outreach to minority populations. African Americans, Latinx and other people of color are more likely to contract coronavirus, more likely to suffer... Read More

  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is weighing in on the passing of civil rights leader and longtime U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), calling him a voice for the voiceless who helped shape his career in Congress. “Today is a sad day for America. John Lewis – often referred to as the Conscience of Congress – was an... Read More

  As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Minority Leader Charles Schumer continue the back and forth to bring the Heroes Act to a floor vote, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez just wants the basics for transit in the Tri-State area. The basics being $32 billion for emergency supplemental funding through 2021, that is. Menendez issued a... Read More

  Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., have introduced a bill prohibiting retailers from declining cash payments from customers, as businesses promote “contactless” digital payment as they grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. Retailers and mall owners, including Nordstrom and Simon Malls, have encouraged the use... Read More

  Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced a proposal on Wednesday to slap sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin over reports that Russia offered bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to target U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. The proposal from Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, would impose a visa ban and an... Read More

  KEY FACTS · The letter, sent by Senators Robert Menendez, Mazie Hirono, and Mark Warner, takes issue with Facebook’s failure to address white supremacy on its platform despite its stated commitment to racial justice and combating hate speech. · The senators cite a study from the Tech Transparency Project that outlines how... Read More

  Democratic U.S. senators on Monday introduced legislation to ensure that Americans who have suffered economic hardships due to the coronavirus pandemic have access to broadband internet. The bill would provide free or low-cost broadband service to low-income families or those who have been recently laid off or furloughed due to the COVID-19... Read More

Democratic senators on Monday gave their strongest indications yet they may block the Republican police reform bill from coming to the floor, a risky move that could prevent any overhaul measure from being enacted this year over their party's concerns that the GOP bill is too weak. National calls to address police misconduct and racial injustice... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. congressional Democrats introduced legislation on Thursday to block President Donald Trump's plan to remove 9,500 troops from close ally Germany by prohibiting funding for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Europe without congressional approval. Representative Eliot Engel, chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign... Read More

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and state Senator Nick Sacco (D-32) are praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that halts President Donald Trump’s (R) ability to end the DACA program. “Today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding DACA is as much a repudiation of Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant crusade as it is justice for... Read More

George Floyd's senseless and tragic killing at the hands of police was just the latest in a long line of racial injustices against black Americans. It has galvanized millions across the nation to stand up and peacefully march in protest against systemic racism, inequality and injustice that has plagued our country since its founding, and that... Read More

   New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez joins Yahoo Finance’s On The Move to weigh in on police reform and address how the state is using its funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Democratic lawmakers are calling for critical consumer protections for all homeowners, after an inquiry of 11 mortgage servicers revealed significant disparities in implementation of coronavirus relief measures. In a letter obtained exclusively by Yahoo Money, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) urged... Read More

Monday night, the world witnessed the horrifying sight and desperate screams of American citizens fleeing for safety as they were chased down, shot with rubber bullets and tear-gassed by police and military acting on orders from the president of the United States. Never before in my lifetime has a president ordered military force against American... Read More

Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez calls for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to apply warning labels to false or harmful speech on the social media platform. Menendez sent a letter Monday asking Facebook to label content such as Twitter did last week with several of President Trump’s tweets “The president’s response to this... Read More

WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders in Congress announced on Friday that three committees were calling top State Department officials to be formally interviewed in an expanding investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his role in the sudden firing by President Trump this month of the department’s inspector general. At the... Read More

Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with other members of the New Jersey Senate Delegation, announced Tuesday more than $91.5 in funding would go toward fixing a critical component of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) connecting Boston to Washington, D.C. – the Portal Bridge. The Portal Bridge is considered a linchpin in the... Read More

  Federal officials are providing a $55 million infusion of federal funds to help replace the Portal North Bridge, the bane of NJ Transit commuters and Amtrak riders. The Federal Railroad Administration grant to Amtrak announced Tuesday represents only part of the U.S. share of the $1.5 billion replacement of the 110-year-old span over the... Read More

Over 100 members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to collect information on the sexual orientations and gender identities of COVID-19 patients. A letter addressed Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services said a failure to track demographic data about LGBTQ identities will "make it difficult for health care... Read More