WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the ranking Democrat on the Senate’s Housing Subcommittee, today helped secure full eligibility for Dreamers to obtain Federal Housing Authority (FHA) mortgages after the Trump Administration rescinded its prohibition in one of its last actions before leaving office.  This was an issue the... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC - El senador estadounidense Bob Menendez (DN.J.), quien por décadas ha luchado por los derechos de los inmigrantes y para reformar el sistema migratorio de nuestra nación, anunció hoy que liderará el esfuerzo legislativo en el Senado para presentar el proyecto de ley de la administración Biden-Harris para construir un sistema de... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who has spent decades fighting for immigrant rights and reforms to our nation’s broken immigration system, announced today that he will lead the legislative effort in the United States Senate and introduce the Biden-Harris Administration’s bold immigration bill to build a fair, humane and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today released the following statement on the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris: “The inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris marks the start of a new chapter in our nation’s history with leaders in the White House focused on... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), incoming Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this afternoon’s hearing on the nomination of Antony Blinken to serve as Secretary of State. Blinken has previously served as Staff Director of the Foreign Relations Committee, Deputy... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today stressed the urgency to deliver a new COVID-19 stimulus and relief package that includes direct state and local aid and addresses the glaring racial disparities in the pandemic’s economic fallout.  The Senator received support for his... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Uganda’s January 14 elections, which saw President Yoweri Museveni secure a 6th term in office amid government repression and allegations of vote rigging.“Sadly, Uganda’s January 14th elections were yet... Read More

WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic staff today is releasing a report commissioned by incoming Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on the United States’ Asylum Cooperative Agreements (ACAs) with Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Exposing one of the most draconian immigration policies instituted under the Trump... Read More

NEWARK, N.J.– U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day:Our need as a nation to follow the legacy and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has perhaps never been more urgent. The events of this past year include a long overdue reckoning with a racially biased system of... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today joined a group of 25 Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter to President-elect Joseph R. Biden, calling on the incoming Biden-Harris administration to swiftly act to restore and strengthen regulations of methane emissions from oil and natural gas production. The senators are also... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and Congressman Andy Kim (N.J.-03) today led members of the New Jersey congressional delegation in urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) to expand his ongoing investigation into the Bureau of Prisons’ (BOP) COVID-19 response to include its handling of an outbreak at... Read More

TRENTON, N.J. – Los Senadores estadounidenses Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), el Miembro de Más Alto Rango en el Subcomité de Transito del Senado que supervisa el programa de Subvenciones de Inversión de Capital (CIG por sus siglas en inglés) de la Administración Federal de Tránsito (FTA por sus siglas en inglés), y Cory Booker, junto a los Congresistas... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Tunisia’s ouster of former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali: “Ten years ago today, the people of Tunisia cast off their authoritarian regime and began an inspiring... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement joining the growing calls for Voice of America (VOA) Director Robert Reilly to resign after he demoted senior White House correspondent Patsy Widakuswara for asking Secretary of State Mike Pompeo about the... Read More

Newark, N.J. – El Senador estadounidense Bob Menéndez y 14 de sus colegas demócratas hoy le exigieron al Departamento de Defensa que investigue y aborde la supremacía blanca y la ideología extremista en el ejército después del ataque de la semana pasada contra el Capitolio de Estados Unidos. Varios de los insurrectos que atacaron el Capitolio han... Read More

TRENTON, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the Ranking Member of the Senate’s transit subcommittee that oversees the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program, and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), along with U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), Donald Payne, Jr. (N.J.-10) and Tom Malinowski... Read More

Newark, N.J. -- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and 14 democratic colleagues today called for the Department of Defense to investigate and address white supremacy and extremist ideology in the ranks of the military following the attack on the U.S. Capitol last week. Several of the insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol have been identified as active... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today joined their Democratic colleagues in demanding the Trump Administration take immediate action to fix the significant failures of the COVID-19 vaccine distribution as coronavirus cases continue to climb. The senators also slammed the administration’s failure to develop and implement a... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – Los Senadores estadounidenses Bob Menéndez y Cory Booker anunciaron hoy un total de $9,218,987 en fondos federales de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA por sussiglas en inglés) para apoyar dos proyectos de recuperación y mitigación relacionadoscon la Supertormenta Sandy en los condados de Monmouth y... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced a combined $9,218,987 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding to support two Superstorm Sandy-related repair and mitigation projects in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.“This vital federal funding will help bring our state one step closer to full recovery... Read More