WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker, along with Congressman Andy Kim (N.J.-03) today called on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide transparency on why attempts to secure a new site for an updated veterans’ health care facility in Ocean County failed, and answers on what the VA will do provide... Read More

WASHINGTON — Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today launched an investigation into President Trump’s firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick. Writing to the White House, the... Read More

NEWARK, N.J. – As the Senate prepares to consider the House-passed $3 trillion coronavirus rescue bill (Heroes Act), U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) outlined a series of proposals that would provide additional resources to support frontline health care professionals and workers, small businesses, families, and states affected by the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today announced that the New Jersey chapter of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) has endorsed his bipartisan $500 billion proposal to provide economic relief to frontline state and local governments as they face potential service cuts and layoffs of essential public workers due to rising... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today lauded the unanimous Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to improve timely access to financial assistance for families of public safety officers lost to COVID-19. The... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Days after blasting Facebook for its continued failure to protect users from the proliferation of hate speech and misinformation on its platform, U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined by Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in urging the social media giant to take immediate actions to address... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter asking Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jerome Powell, to consider additional measures to ease the borrowing costs for... Read More

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the nomination of Michael Pack to be CEO of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Mr. Pack’s nomination has been held up due to serious and outstanding concerns about inappropriate and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and a group of colleagues today introduced the Untraceable Firearms Act, that would ban “ghost” guns. Recent reports indicate that the public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have spurred an increase in demand for and sale of these untraceable weapons.... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez today announced that the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), the largest transit union in North America, has endorsed his bipartisan $500 billion SMART Fund that will provide states and localities with the robust, flexible federal funding in order to keep essential services running, such as public... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following calls from Senator Bob Menendez and several Democratic colleagues for the Administration to create a comprehensive guide to the federal resources and assistance available for homeowners and renters during the coronavirus, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, joined committee colleagues Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined a group of Senate and House colleagues in introducing the Equitable Nutrition Assistance for the Territories Act of 2020 to ensure that in the face of the economic, public-health, and food-security crises posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the people of Puerto... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, who has fought for patients and families suffering with Alzheimer’s his entire career, along with Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced the bipartisan Promoting Alzheimer's Awareness to Prevent Elder Abuse Act to help protect seniors living with... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was joined by Senators Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in blasting Facebook for its continued failure to protect users from the proliferation of hate speech and misinformation on its platform as the country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and prepares for the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today joined a group of their colleagues in introducing legislation aimed to ensure all K-12 students have adequate home internet connectivity and devices during the pandemic. Without this access, students from lower-income backgrounds risk falling behind, which creates a... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (N.J.-09) today announced the awarding of $8,775,932.37 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance (PA) grants to the New Jersey Office of Emergency Management (NJOEM) to support those on the frontline combatting the COVID-19 outbreak. This... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) joined a group of Senate and House colleagues, including House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.-6), in introducing the VoteSafe Act, legislation to expand voting options and improve the safety and accessibility of polling places across the country during the COVID-19... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez Cory Booker (both –N.J.) today announced that New Jersey has received more than $31.5 million in flexible federal funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to support the state’s COVID-19 response... Read More

WASHINGTON – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), co-chairs of the Senate Taiwan Caucus, issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously passed S. 249, their legislation calling for the Secretary of State to develop a strategy for Taiwan to regain observer status in the World Health... Read More