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

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced a combined $88,729,949 in federal funding to help bolster emergency protective measures at New Jersey hospitals and long-term care facilities in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The grants were awarded through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, (both D-NJ) today applauded President Biden’s nominations of Julien Xavier Neals and Judge Zahid Quraishi to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.  Their nominations were announced by the White House this morning as... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today applauded the Biden Administration for partnering with the state of New Jersey to boost vaccinations across the Newark area, announcing it will soon open a pilot Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Vaccination Center located at the Naimoli Family Athletic and... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09), senior members of the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees that set national health policy, today led a delegation letter urging U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to cease implementation of a Trump-era policy that will... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today called on the Biden Administration to allocate additional vaccines for New Jersey to ensure the resurgence in COVID-19 cases and emergence of more virulent variants does not outpace the state’s current vaccination efforts.“The COVID-19 virus continues to threaten the health and... Read More

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today applauded the Biden Administration for partnering with the state of New Jersey to boost vaccinations across the Newark area, announcing it will soon open a pilot Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community Vaccination Center located at the Naimoli Family Athletic and... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today rallied with local leaders and gun safety advocates and called on President Biden and Congress to take immediate action to address the nation’s gun violence epidemic. The call to action comes after two deadly mass shootings in as many weeks, leaving 18 people dead.“When it comes to gun... Read More