Robert Menendez
Robert 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...
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These drug-plan companies can switch the nature of the drugs they cover. Seniors should be allowed to then switch out of that plan if the medication they are taking is dropped from their drug-plan provider.
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I start from the view of thinking about what is the national interest of the United States, and what is in the national security of the United States.
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The response by our government has been late, it has been inadequate, and it has been a failure for far too many,
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Mr. President, in your State of the Union address you said keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. As the big oil companies are posting record profits, many families in New Jersey are finding it difficult to balance the costs of filling their tanks with other critical needs of their families. We urge you to address the growing crisis before the summer travel season begins.
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My decision not to run for the U.S. Senate is based on my commitment to achieve a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and my desire to become the next chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.
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Maybe it's because we have two oil men in the White House who don't seem to have the sensitivity of understanding the nature of these energy impacts upon the American people, both in gas prices and as we look forward to the upcoming winter season in terms of home heating fuel costs as well,
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You had some of the closest people to Janet Reno in good faith negotiating to try to avert this. And I believe that to send, you know, armed agents with gun point and with a mask on the holiest of weekends is simply something we expect in Castro's Cuba, and not here,
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What family would commit all their paycheck income for the next 10 years up front? ... None of you would. That's like playing Russian Roulette with our economic future.
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While I am pleased the administration is finally undertaking the investigation it should have done in the first place, there are serious questions about both its willingness and its ability to act on the results. With the president prejudging the outcome of the investigation before it even began, it is clearer than ever that Congress will need to take an up or down vote on this sale.
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Democrats balanced the budget for the first time in a generation, had record surpluses, low unemployment, low interest rates, low inflation.
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That means there's going to be one of us washing a knife, another in the dining room, but also another holding a surgical knife in an operating room,
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It's denying the Castro dictatorship of the currency that it needs, of the money that it needs to sustain its dictatorship. It has done that in very dramatic ways,
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You would have thought we had a picture-perfect response to Katrina,
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I always believe that a budget speaks of the collective values of the nation. So I can't understand why the president submits a budget to the Congress that ultimately does tremendous damage to education. From Head Start to special education, from vocational programs to college aid, this budget slashes the investments that are needed to help children prepare to compete in this global economy.