Search Results | Senator Robert Menendez

October 29, 2020

Menendez, Booker, Pascrell Announce Over $11M to Support Paterson’s Pandemic Response, Lead Hazard Reduction Efforts

announced over $11 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...-based paint in public housing units. Paterson Mayor Andre Sayegh joined the federal lawmakers at today’s press conference at City Hall.... Read More

September 23, 2020

Menendez, Collins Bill Would Create Independent, 9/11-Style Commission to Assess, Improve upon COVID-19 Response

Malinowski (D-N.J.-07) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.-25) will introduce companion legislation in the House ...am proud to introduce the companion legislation in the House, along with Congressman Tom Malinowski...ensure independence, the Commission is required to hire an ethics counsel to address potential... Read More

August 03, 2020

Menendez: COVID Stimulus Must Prioritize Most in Need

to fighting to extend federal housing protections, Sen. Menendez introduced legislation that would ensure low...Floor in July to highlight his $1.2 billion bill to ensure federally-assisted senior housing ...that would expand access to critical information and counseling to help homeowners avoid default, reduce debt... Read More

August 03, 2020

Menendez: COVID Stimulus Must Prioritize Most in Need

and other essential workers. In addition to fighting to extend federal housing protections, Sen. Menendez...to ensure federally-assisted senior housing facilities have the necessary resources to protect residents...during the pandemic, and his bill that would expand access to critical information and counseling ... Read More

July 27, 2020

Menendez Blasts Trump White House, GOP for Failure to Respond to Families, Communities in Crisis as Pandemic Rages

July 27, 2020 Menendez Blasts Trump White House, GOP for Failure to Respond to Families... Read More

July 27, 2020

Menendez Blasts Trump White House, GOP for Failure to Respond to Families, Communities in Crisis as Pandemic Rages

Menendez Blasts Trump White House, GOP for Failure to Respond to Families, Communities in Crisis...as Pandemic Rages July 27, 2020 Menendez Blasts Trump White House, GOP for Failure... Read More

July 02, 2020

Menendez Introduces Bill to Ensure Seniors in Federal Housing Can Live Safely, Stay Healthy during Pandemic

Seniors in Federal Housing Can Live Safely, Stay Healthy duri...... Read More

July 02, 2020

Menendez Introduces Bill to Ensure Seniors in Federal Housing Can Live Safely, Stay Healthy during Pandemic

Member of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, today introduced...the Emergency Housing Assistance for Older Adults Act that would provide $1.2 billion to ensure...that federally-assisted senior housing facilities have the necessary resources to effectively protect residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read More

July 01, 2020

Menendez Warns of Impending Eviction, Foreclosure Crisis due to COVID-19 Pandemic

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the ranking member of the Senate’s housing subcommittee, today... Read More

June 29, 2020

Sens. Menendez, Brown Introduce Bill to Support Homeowners, Renters Struggling Amid COVID-19 Pandemic and Economic Fallout

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) today introduced the Coronavirus Housing ... Counseling Improvement Act to expand access to critical information, assistance programs and services... Read More

June 23, 2020

Menendez Slams GOP for Ignoring Pleas from the American People for Real Policing Reform

political games with people’s lives. “The House is going to pass the Justice in Policing Act on Thursday. I.... Who among us, if this was our experience, would be satisfied with the counsel of patience... Read More

June 09, 2020

Sen. Menendez, Reps. Vargas, Aguilar Lead Bicameral Request for an Investigation into HUD’s Policy Changes to Deny DACA Recipients FHA-Backed Mortgage Loans

Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community...a bicameral group of colleagues in requesting the Inspector General for the Department of Housing ...the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) in its decision to change the agency’s policy to deny Federal Housing ... Read More

May 31, 2020

Congress Calls State Dept. Officials for Interviews in Expanded Pompeo Inquiry

of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the top Democrat.... Her name surfaced during the House impeachment hearings last fall into whether Mr. Trump...on official taxpayer-funded visits. The Office of Special Counsel investigated whether he had violated... Read More

May 22, 2020

Menendez, Warren, Colleagues Request Newly Appointed “Therapeutics Czar” to Divest from Financial Interest, Resign to Boards of any Pharmaceutical, Medical and Biotech Companies

in a letter to Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Counsel Scott Gast, to request..., we seek ethics documents concerning Dr. Slaoui’s proposed White House tenure. Any potential... Read More

May 21, 2020

Ranking Member Menendez Opening Remarks at Committee Business Meeting

; letters to former White House Acting Chief of Staff Mulvaney and current Chief of Staff Meadows...and despite pressure from a Democratic White House, I didn’t move nominees who were qualified and who I...with the issues that my staff and I have been raising with you, Mr. Pack, and the White House ... Read More

May 17, 2020

Inspector General’s Firing Puts Pompeo’s Use of Taxpayer Funds Under Scrutiny

, from a groomer. And in October, a Democratic senator called for a special counsel to investigate...— at Mr. Pompeo’s private urging, a White House official said. The inspector general, Steve A. Linick.... Pompeo did not reply to repeated requests for comment. The White House did not respond to questions... Read More

May 16, 2020

After Unveiling Critical Legislation to Support States and Local Governments, Menendez Lays out Additional Priorities for NJ Frontline Workers, Families in Next COVID-19 Stimulus Package

’ health and safety. Housing Counseling: provide additional funds to housing counseling agencies...the House-passed $3 trillion coronavirus rescue bill (Heroes Act), U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J...Sen. Menendez. “As the Senate prepares to consider the House-passed relief bill, one of the biggest... Read More

April 13, 2020

Menendez, Booker Urge Support for Victims, Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault during COVID-19 Pandemic

support for sexual assault service providers, law enforcement, and transitional housing programs..., have restructured critically important services like hotline, counseling, and hospital accompaniment...intervention, shelter and transitional housing, and legal assistance. Rape crisis centers need funding... Read More

April 01, 2020

Menendez, Booker Call for Social Security Recipients to Get CARES Act Direct Cash Assistance without Having to File Tax Return

assistance from Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs during...assistance from Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly programs during...the COVID-19 crisis. Along with colleagues on the House Ways and Means Committee, we strongly urge you... Read More

April 01, 2020

Menendez, Booker Call for Social Security Recipients to Get CARES Act Direct Cash Assistance without Having to File Tax Return

unavailability of tax filing assistance from Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling ...unavailability of tax filing assistance from Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling ...for the Elderly programs during the COVID-19 crisis. Along with colleagues on the House Ways and Means... Read More

February 13, 2020

Menendez, Booker, Colleagues Press Upstart, Lenders for Answers Following Reports of Higher Interest Rates for Students of Minority-Serving Institutions

attention to this important matter. Please contact Jan Singelmann, Counsel for the Senate Committee...on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, at Jan_Singelmann@banking.senate.gov with any questions... Read More

December 17, 2019

Menendez Blasts Pompeo for Reportedly Trying to Recall U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Again

House meeting. NBC News reported on Wednesday that Ambassador Taylor is being told to depart... Read More

November 04, 2019

Menendez Joins Push to Renew Funding for Minority-Serving Institutions of Higher Education

, which expired on September 30, 2019. The House of Representatives approved the legislation unanimously...to improve student services and academic programs like counseling, tutoring, mentoring, and STEM and career...capital improvements like constructing affordable housing, renovating facilities, and creating... Read More

October 29, 2019

Menendez Calls for Hatch Act Review Into Pompeo Travel to Kansas

sent a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), formally requesting an immediate review... Read More

October 29, 2019

Sen. Bob Menendez Seeks Hatch Act Probe of Mike Pompeo’s Trips to Kansas

with former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation—found that top White House adviser...Foreign Relations Committee, submitted the complaint in a letter to the Office of Special Counsel ... Read More