Bob Menendez
Bob Menendez
Robert "Bob" Menendezis the senior United States Senator from the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States. First appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006, he was later elected Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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This is the United States of America. It means we respond to our fellow Americans in times of crisis and emergency and disaster.
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Our challenge in this regard will be to broaden the scope of our federal funds in terms of international diplomacy, development aid, and international assistance. Many Latinos in the United States look at Latin America and see trouble brewing.
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We do not believe he outlined for the American people the benchmarks of success so that America knows how we are moving forward, ... The president failed in that opportunity to paint for the American people a very clear portrait.
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We certainly don't need another Chernobyl 90 miles away from the United States.
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There's no question that the president's policies have failed miserably -- by firing his economic team, he was forced to admit this to the entire country, ... The president must change his misguided economic policy now and focus on the economic insecurity of American families.
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Theres a difference between, as I always say, the destination, the end point, and the journey. The journey has a lot of twists and turns. It isnt always pretty.
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There isn't any air power in the world that can take care of the problem of sectarian divisions.
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We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.
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We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure.
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It may not necessarily be the way I would like to see it happen, but the reality is we could still bring millions of people out of the darkness into the light.
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While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together.
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I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.
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We believe very passionately that an international approach is necessary to achieve some of these goals.
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By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.