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

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today applauded President Biden’s new executive actions aiming to reduce gun violence across the nation in the wake of recent mass shootings in Atlanta, Ga., Boulder, Colo., and Rock Hill, S.C. He also called for the Biden Administration to fulfill the President’s campaign pledge to reinstate... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced that nearly $132 in American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding has been awarded to cities and counties across New Jersey to increase emergency shelter, temporary and affordable housing, rental assistance, and support services for people at-risk of, or experiencing homelessness... Read More

NEWARK – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on the appointment of Sylvia Rosabal to serve as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), overseeing Radio and Television Martí:“As a network of the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), OCB’s mission is... Read More

JERSEYCITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Alcee Hastings, the longtime Congressman from South Florida:“South Florida and the country have lost a powerful voice for justice and equality in America. As a pioneering civil rights activist throughout his career, Congressman... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today applauded Governor Phil Murphy for answering his call to significantly increase COVID-19 vaccines allocated to Hudson County. According to news reports, Hudson County is expecting to receive nearly 21,000 doses this week, its largest allocation to date. Sen. Menendez urged the state last month to... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced the awarding of $30,149,115 in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) to support several Head Start early childhood education programs across New Jersey.“Every family, regardless of their income or zip code, deserves access to... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) released the following statement on President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, which includes funding to complete the Gateway Project:"President Biden today outlined a bold, generational infrastructure plan that will create millions of good-paying jobs, repair our aging roads, rails and bridges,... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, and Cory Booker today announced that New Jersey’s 24 Community Health Centers (CHCs), operating 135 sites statewide, have been awarded a combined $129,653,750 in funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to expand... Read More