WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), in calling on President Joe Biden to build on his Administration’s recent actions to address the gun violence... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced New Jersey will receive $694,327,527 in federal funding from the American Rescue Plan to support child care providers, help them reopen safely, and ensure families have access to affordable, high quality child care.“The struggle for families to find safe and affordable... Read More

BLOOMFIELD, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (N.J.-11) today joined Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia to launch a bold, proactive effort to protect local residents from lead-contaminated drinking water using federal funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP).  Part of Bloomfield was impacted in 2019 by high... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, earlier today wrote to urge President Joe Biden to follow through on his commitment to raise the FY21 refugee ceiling from the Trump administration’s 15,000 maximum – the lowest cap on refugee admissions since the refugee resettlement program’s... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced the Secure F-35 Exports Act of 2021, legislation to reassert Congressional oversight over the sale of sophisticated and mission-critical American military systems. The legislation comes... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees Wall Street, today joined several colleagues in introducing the Investor Choice Act, bicameral legislation prohibiting pre-dispute mandatory (or “forced”) arbitration agreements and barring bans on class action lawsuits in customer contracts investors... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced New Jersey will receive $325,965,861 in federal funding to support homeowners experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic. The senators’ secured this funding in the American Rescue Plan that President Biden signed into law last month.“The COVID-19 pandemic has... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration announced it would take a series of measures to hold Russia accountable for the SolarWinds cyberattack, payment of bounties to militants for killing U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan,... Read More

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined by nine of his Senate Democratic colleagues in introducing new international climate change legislation in support of President Biden’s ambitious climate action agenda. Entitled the United States Climate Leadership in International Mitigation, Adaptation, and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.-12) today reintroduced the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, federal gun safety legislation to ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer and possession of gun silencers or suppressors. “Gun silencers are dangerous devices with... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) - the eight Democratic Senators of color representing various communities, issued a joint statement on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest ranking Latino in Congress, published an op-ed in El Nuevo Día yesterday, titled Let the People of Puerto Rico Decide Their Own Future, where he makes the case for passing the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act, a bill he is leading alongside his House colleagues Reps. Nydia... Read More

WASHINGTON —  U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this morning’s Committee business meeting calling for the confirmation of the Honorable Samantha Power to serve as Administrator of the United States Agency for International... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (N.J.-06) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) prevent the detainment and deportation of a group of Indonesian Christians in New Jersey. Central... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest ranking Latino in Congress, today led his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution to commemorate the life and legacy of civil rights leader and labor champion César Estrada Chávez.“César Chávez was a true American hero who helped change the course of our nation’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.-22) today reintroduced the Keep Americans Safe Act, renewing a concerted effort to ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, or possession of gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. These high-capacity magazines are designed... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congressman Ted Deutch (D-Fla.-22) today reintroduced the Keep Americans Safe Act, renewing a concerted effort to ban the importation, sale, manufacturing, transfer, or possession of gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. These high-capacity magazines are designed... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today announced that he has promoted long-time staff member Jason Tuber to serve as his new Chief of Staff. Tuber, who has worked for Sen. Menendez since he arrived in the Senate in 2006, will oversee the Senator’s offices and staff both in Washington, D.C. and New Jersey.“For the past 16... Read More

MONTCLAIR, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) today were joined by students, administrators and higher education advocates at Montclair State University to call on President Biden to use his authority to act on student loan debt, unleash the economic power of millions and drive the nation’s... Read More

Jersey City, N.J. – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today announced a bipartisan agreement on a new comprehensive China legislation for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to take up in the coming days. Entitled the Strategic Competition Act of 2021, the new legislation was negotiated with Committee Ranking... Read More