WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on June 7, 2021, with Reps. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, and Mark Green, R-Tennessee: * * * In response to the arbitrary detention of Arturo Cruz in Nicaragua, Representatives Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, along with Albio Sires and Mark Green, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subco  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: This week, Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) and John Curtis (R-UT) introduced the Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2021. The legislation directs the Department of Justice to clearly list on a website the amount of money that has been stolen from the citizens of kleptocratic regimes and recovered by US law enforcement. This straightforward, low-cost measure will demonstrat  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced today that the Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a full Committee markup on Thursday, June 10 at 11 a.m. via Cisco Webex video conferencing. The Committee will mark up legislation to reestablish common sense methane emissions standards, reinforce our nat  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA) announced today that the Health Subcommittee will hold a fully remote legislative hearing on Tuesday, June 15, at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on vaccine legislation. The hearing is entitled, "Booster Shot: Enhancing Public Health throu  more

WEST MILFORD, New Jersey, June 11 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), a member of the Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus, announced bipartisan federal action to help protect families from Lyme disease and to find new treatments for tick-borne illnesses. Gottheimer was joined by environmental and health experts to highlight how North Jersey families can protect themselves from ticks and Lyme disease as they enjoy outdo  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: Relations Committee, today met with the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs of the G7 and EU member states to discuss the upcoming G7 Summit. After the meeting, the lawmakers issued the following joint statement: "This year's G7 summit comes at a pivotal moment for the world. We, the G7 Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs of the United Sta  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on June 11, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairs of the G7 and EU member states to discuss the upcoming G7 Summit. After the meeting, the lawmakers issued the following joint statement: "This year's G7 summit comes at a pivotal moment for the world. We, the G7 Foreign Affairs Committee  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, were joined by Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in reintroducing the Central   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) finished his third and final stop in a week-long tour of Burlington and Ocean County where he highlighted the need to keep a focus on hunger issues, and heard from hunger advocates about the challenges they face in our community. "No family should ever go to bed hungry in America; that's a simple goal and a principle that should guide our actions to end hunger in  more

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, June 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that New Jersey's fishing industry will receive $9.5 million from the omnibus and coronavirus relief bill Congress passed and was signed into law last December. The bill included an additional $300 million for the fishing industry in the United States to support businesses with losses incurred in the second half of 202  more

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, June 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today announced that three transportation and infrastructure projects he requested for New Jersey's Sixth Congressional District will advance in the House of Representatives. The project requests will be included in legislation that the House's Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will advance on Wednesday. The three projec  more

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, June 8 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) held a virtual roundtable to discuss his legislation to permanently authorize the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education (THCGME) program to support the training of primary care medical and dental residents with a focus on supporting residents in high-need communities. He was joined by members of the medical community in New Jersey who hig  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 8, 2021, at a Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee hearing entitled "The Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Commerce Budget": * * * Thank you, Secretary Raimondo, for testifying today. The Department of Commerce has one overarching goal: help the American economy grow. In order to meet that goal, we must ensure that the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 10, 2021, at a committee markup on methane, energy cybersecurity and consumer protection bills: * * * The Committee is continuing its work to combat climate change, improve energy cybersecurity and protect consumers. First, we will consider H.J. Res. 34, a joint resolution providing for Congressional disapproval of the Trump Environmen  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 9, 2021, at an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing entitled "A Humane Response: Prioritizing the Well-Being of Unaccompanied Children": * * * We continue our oversight of one of the most challenging issues our country has faced in recent years - the unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied children at the U.S. border. This   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on June 10, 2021, after the committee voted to favorably advance four bipartisan bills to improve energy cybersecurity: * * * "The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack was a sharp reminder of just how deeply we all rely on our energy infrastructure every day, and just how urgent it is that we act to modernize and protect it. As bad actors become increa  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on June 10, 2021, after the committee voted to pass the Consumer Protection and Recovery Act (H.R. 2668) to restore the Federal Trade Commission's 13(b) consumer protection powers: * * * "The Consumer Protection and Recovery Act will restore the FTC's authority to go to court to get victimized consumers and businesses their money back from lawbreakers  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on June 10, 2021: * * * Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the full Committee voted to favorably advance a resolution restoring the Obama-era methane pollution standards rolled back by the Trump Administration: "Methane emissions are responsible for approximately one-third of  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) along with Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Jackie Speier (CA-14), David Valadao (CA-21), and Adam Schiff (CA-28) sent a letter to President Biden requesting that he use his upcoming meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to address his regime's direct military and economic support of Azerbaijani aggressions against Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Armenia. Pre  more

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, June 12 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) today held a virtual conversation with caregivers in New Jersey to discuss the importance of investing in the infrastructure of our care economy. President Biden's American Jobs Plan includes $400 billion for home and community-based care, which will allow individuals to receive the care they need in their homes and communities whil  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, June 11 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the co-chair of the Congressional Law Enforcement and Congressional Fire Services Caucuses, today praised the Senate's passage of Pascrell's bipartisan Protecting America's First Responders Act (PAFRA). Sponsored in the upper chamber by U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), PAFRA makes significant improvements to the Department of Justic  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, June 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today led seven member of the New Jersey congressional delegation writing to the Biden administration in support of New Jersey's application to implement hospital pilot programs for seven low-income communities in Atlantic, Camden, Essex, Hudson, Mercer, Middlesex, and Passaic counties. The letter to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid S  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, June 8 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following commentary to the North Jersey (Bergen) Record: * * * U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) has a new op-ed in the North Jersey (Bergen) Record calling on the House to form a select committee to investigate the January 6, 2021 terrorist riots on the U.S. Capitol following Republicans' shameless blockading of a bipartisan probe. Pascrell also warns against rising authoritarianism and urges the Senate abo  more

PATERSON, New Jersey, June 9 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, commented on a report by ProPublica describing how some of the richest Americans pay little taxes commensurate with their titanic fortunes. Simultaneously, he has written the below letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig asking if the inform  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bradley Schneider, D-Illinois, issued the following joint statement on June 9, 2021: The co-signers are Reps. Jake Auchincloss, D-Massachusetts, Ted Deutch, D-Florida, Lois Frankel, D-Florida, Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, Elaine Luria, D-Virginia, Kathy Manning, D-North Carolina, Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, Kim Schrier, D-Washington, Brad Sherman, D-California, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Florida. * * * Representative Brad Schneide  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) reintroduced a resolution which supports designating June 12th as "Women Veterans Appreciation Day" to recognize the service and sacrifices of women in uniform and bring attention to the unique needs of women veterans. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the companion resolution in the Senate. "Women have served our nation alongside their male   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: * * * In response to the arbitrary detention of Arturo Cruz in Nicaragua, Representatives Albio Sires and Mark Green, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy, along with Gregory W. Meeks and Michael McCaul, Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Maria Elvira Salazar, issued the follow  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Two projects for Mercer County advocated by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)--including new buses for the county's Transportation Resources To Aid The Disadvantaged And Elderly (TRADE) services--cleared their first hurdle Thursday, after the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) adopted Smith's proposals and added it to a major transportation bill. Smith worked tirelessly with county and state  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Two key projects for Ocean County--including the much-needed overpass for County Road 539 which goes through the center of Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst--championed by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), cleared their first hurdle Thursday, after the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) adopted Smith's proposals and added them to a major transportation bill. Smith worked tirelessly with Ocea  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, R-New Jersey, issued the following statement on June 10, 2021: * * * Early this morning, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed their infrastructure legislation in the dead of night. Congressman Jeff Van Drew listened to, debated, and voted on over 150 amendments over the course of 15 hours. Congressman Van Drew ultimately voted no on the bill. "This bill increases the costs of American energy. This bill makes everyday goods and  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) and Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) introduced the Resilient Highways Act, a bipartisan bill that would help communities strengthen their local infrastructure against the increased risks of extreme storms and flooding. The bill is co-sponsored by Congresswoman Elaine Luria (VA-02), Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (ME-01) and Jared Huffman (CA-02). "Investing now to   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03), Congressman Conor Lamb (PA-17), and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) introduced the bipartisan Better Utilizing Infrastructure for Lasting Development of (BUILD) Veterans Businesses Act, which would create a new program for veteran owned small businesses to win up to 3 percent of federal-aid highway and public transportation contracts. "Our veterans have serv  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: Representatives Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Michael McCaul (R-TX) introduced a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the 2022 Winter Games unless the Chinese government ends its ongoing crimes against the Uyghur people. Legislators in nine other countries -- United Kingdom, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Switz  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement on June 7, 2021, with Reps. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, Christopher H. Smith, R-New Jersey, and Karen Bass, D-California: * * * House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chairman Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), and Ranking Member and Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Congressman Christopher H.  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, and Terri Sewell (D-AL-07) led 10 House colleagues in demanding data on the Republican-led campaign to prevent millions of working Americans from accessing federal unemployment assistance. In a letter to President Biden's top economic advisors, the Members requested an urgent analysis of the econo  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has reintroduced a resolution designating June 12, 2021 as Women Veterans Appreciation Day, to recognize the growing presence of women in the Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve Forces, and honor women veterans for their dutiful military service. June 12 marks the anniversary of the signing of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 that allowed women to serve as perm  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Congressman A. Donald McEachin (D-VA) today announced they will be reintroducing the Environmental Justice Legacy Pollution Cleanup Act, a bill aimed at eliminating pollution that has disproportionately harmed communities of color, Indigenous communities, and low-income communities for generations. This critical legislation would invest over $200 billion to clean up lega  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), a member of the House Committee on Agriculture, introduced the Farm Subsidy Transparency Act of 2021, new legislation that would lift the veil of secrecy regarding the race and gender of farm subsidy recipients and help ensure an end to decades of disc  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Ahead of their confirmation votes on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged his Senate colleagues to support the nominations of Julien Xavier Neals, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; and Regina M. Rodriguez, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado. These   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on June 8, 2021: * * * U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate confirmed, on a bipartisan basis, the nominations of Julien Xavier Neals, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey; and Regina M. Rodriguez, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado. These are th  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: The Senate confirmed Zahid Quraishi to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey by a bipartisan vote of 81-16. Ahead of the confirmation vote, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called on his Senate colleagues to support Judge Quraishi's nomination. In a speech on the Senate floor, Durbin highlighted Judge Qurais  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following floor statement on June 10, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today applauded the Senate's swift confirmation of U.S. Magistrate Judge Zahid N. Quraishi to the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, becoming the country's first ever Muslim American district court judge. Judge Quraishi's judicial appointment was approved by the Senate by a vote of 81-16. "Judge Quraishi has devoted his career to serving ou  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) today applauded the Senate's swift confirmation of Julien X. Neals to fill one of six longstanding vacancies on the U.S. District Court of New Jersey. Neals' judicial appointment was approved by the Senate by a vote of 66-33. "Mr. Neals is an outstanding nominee who has devoted his entire career to the practice of law in his home state of New Jersey. Throughout his thre  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following floor statement on June 9, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today took to the Senate Floor to deliver remarks on the state of U.S.-Russia relations and the need to respond to the Kremlin's continued aggressions. The Chairman's speech came in advance of next week's summit in Geneva at which President Joe Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimi  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest-ranking Latino in the U.S. Congress, delivered the keynote address at the Alumni Society's Annual Leadership Summit, where he addressed a network of top Latino business leaders in the United States about the importance of pushing corporate America to address the lack of corporate diversity. "It's time for America's corporate leaders to realize that impro  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, today reintroduced the CARE for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2021 that would direct the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to discover new treatments for Tourette Syndrome (TS) and allocate funds toward the expansion of federal programs. An estimated one in every 100 schoo  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following floor remarks on June 9, 2021, on the state of U.S.-Russia relations and the need to respond to the Kremlin's continued aggression: * * * The Chairman's speech came in advance of next week's summit in Geneva at which President Joe Biden will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I appreciate the Biden administration's desire for a stable and predictable re  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 9, 2021, at a hearing on U.S. policy toward Belarus: * * * Testifying before the Committee were the Honorable Julie Fisher, United States Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Belarus, U.S. Department of State; Ms. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of the Democratic Opposition in Belarus; and Mr. Jamie Fly, President and CEO of Radio Free   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following opening remarks on June 8, 2021, at a hearing to review the fiscal 2022 State Department budget request: * * * Testifying before the Committee was Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "For the international community to work for Americans, for fundamental universal values of human rights, democracy, and equitable prosperity, the United States must invest in and lead  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on June 8, 2021: * * * Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), issued the following statement after the Senate voted to approve a comprehensive legislative package to mobilize all of the United States' strategic, economic, and diplomatic tools to compete effectively with China and confront Beijing's challenges to our national a  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today joined Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin(D-Ill.) in introducing a resolution in the Senate establishing June as "National Gun Violence Awareness Month" and designating June 4, 2021 as "National Gun Violence Awareness Day." "The scourge of gun violence continues to claim the lives of innocent people in communi  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today delivered the following opening remarks at this afternoon's full Committee hearing to review the Fiscal Year 2022 State Department Budget Request. Testifying before the Committee was Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "For the international community to work for Americans, for fundamental unive  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), issued the following statement after the Senate voted to approve a comprehensive legislative package to mobilize all of the United States' strategic, economic, and diplomatic tools to compete effectively with China and confront Beijing's challenges to our national and economic security. Entitled the U.S Innovation and Competition Act of  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today applauded the passage of his bipartisan bill, the USTR Inspector General Act of 2021, as an amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, bipartisan legislation that will lay the foundation for the next century of American economic leadership. The larger package also includes the Strategic   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today joined to reaffirm their support for the Biden Administration's push to restore life-saving humanitarian assistance to millions  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Senator Mike Braun, Senator Steve Daines, Senator James Lankford, Senator Joni Ernst, Senator James Inhofe, and Senator John Thune have introduced a bill that would make it a crime to engage in chimera research, or the creation of animal-human hybrid organisms. Rep. Chris Smith of New Jersey introduced the original legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives. A chimera is an organism that contains cells  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) yesterday joined a group of Senate colleagues in introducing the Women's Health Protection Act (WHPA), bicameral legislation to guarantee equal access to abortion across the nation. The bill's introduction follows the Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments in a case that directly threatens 50 years of precedent protecting acce  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus in introducing a Senate resolution recognizing June as LGBTQ Pride Month. This resolution highlights the contributions LGBTQ individuals have made to American society, commemorates several major milestones in the fight for equal treatment of LGBTQ Americans, and resolves to continue efforts to achieve fu  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today joined to reaffirm their support for the Biden Administrati  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing new legislation to bolster the United States' defense partnership with Greece. Entitled the U.S.-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021, the bipartisan legislatio  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in introducing new legislation to bolster the United States' defense partnership with Greece. Entitled the U.S.-Greece Defense and Interparliamentary Partnership Act of 2021, the bipartisan legislation bolsters support for Greek military modernization,  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the SFRC Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, were joined by Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Rob Portman (R-Ohio) in reintroducing the Central American Women and Children Protection Act (S. 2003)  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced to the House floor the INVEST in America Act, a comprehensive bill to revitalize America's aging infrastructure, accelerate our economic recovery, and help America transition to a clean transportation future. The bill, which represents a core piece of President Biden's American Jobs Plan, invests hundreds of billions of do  more