NEWARK – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement in reaction to reports that the Turkish military has begun testing S-400 air defense systems purchased from Russia: “Today’s test by Turkey of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system is a... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez released the following statement on the passing of Steve Adubato, Sr., founder of Newark’s North Ward Center:“I have known Steve Adubato, Sr., since I first ran for Congress and Newark’s North Ward was in my district.  What started out as a tough introduction turned into a long personal... Read More

WASHINGTON - El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Miembro de Más Alto Rango del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, hoy exigió a la Administración Trump que rinda cuentas sobre deportaciones secretas de ciudadanos venezolanos durante el año fiscal 2020 en posible violación de las leyes y políticas estadounidenses. ... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is demanding that the Trump Administration answer questions about stealth deportations of Venezuelan nationals during fiscal year 2020 in a possible violation of U.S. law and policies. Menendez called on the Administration to... Read More

 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Ben Cardin... Read More

HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today joined Governor Phil Murphy, Congressman Tom Malinowski (N.J.-07) and other top officials to announce an additional $100 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to support families and business affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Sen. Menendez, who was one of... Read More

WASHINGTON - El personal demócrata del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado publicó hoy un reporte administrado por el Miembro de Mas Alto Rango Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.) que involucra a funcionarios de la Administración Trump en un imprudente y peligroso operativo migratorio en Guatemala. El reporte detalla cómo los agentes del Departamento de... Read More

WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic staff today released a report commissioned by Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) uncovering a reckless immigration enforcement operation in Guatemala involving Trump Administration officials. The report details how Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents in Guatemala misused... Read More

WASHINGTON – Senator Bob Menendez, (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today are calling on the Trump Administration to explain in detail how it will deal with specific national security risks inherent in the Administration’s... Read More

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) today were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) in calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector General (IG) to open a... Read More

WASHINGTON – A group of leading national security Democrats today are raising an alarm over an approval by the Trump Administration to export over 227 tons of sensitive material critical to building missiles to the People’s Republic of China.  In a new letter to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, Senate Foreign Relation Committee Ranking Member Bob... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that Rutgers University was awarded $1,495,212.43 to support their cancer research and prevention study on volunteer firefighters. The study, which is a three-year project funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), aims to prevent cancer in volunteer... Read More

WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), was joined today by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo following the... Read More

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 11 of his Senate colleagues in raising serious concerns over escalating violence in the south Caucasus between Azerbaijan – backed by Turkey – and Armenia. In a letter addressed to Secretary of State Mike... Read More

  Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are applauding the passage of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act in the House of Representatives today.  The Save Our Seas 2.0 Act was introduced in June 2019 to address the plastic debris crisis threatening coastal... Read More

    Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced the Territory Economic Development Tax Credit Act that would create a tax credit for wages and tangible investments made by businesses in the U.S. territories. “This legislation will incentivize businesses to bring jobs and... Read More

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker and Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (N.J.-06) today led a congressional delegation letter to President Trump supporting Governor Phil Murphy’s request for a Major Disaster Declaration, making the state eligible for more federal resources as areas recover from... Read More

  WASHINGTON – Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), today joined a bipartisan call led by Senate Taiwan Caucus co-chair James Inhofe (R-Okla.) in support of negotiating a comprehensive, enforceable trade agreement with Taiwan to strengthen American competitiveness and the United States-Taiwan... Read More

  WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is calling on the State Department leadership to preserve efforts to increase workplace diversity and inclusion at the State Department. In a new letter, Menendez pressed Under Secretary of State for Management Brian... Read More

    WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today joined a group of colleagues to introduce legislation that would establish a new core public health infrastructure program with $4.5 billion in annual funding to bolster the nation’s efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and strengthen its ability to respond to other... Read More