WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 21 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanding a full accounting of the steps the State Department is taking to investigate the alleged surveillance of U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. The senators a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29: Today, the Chairs of three U.S. House Committees released a framework for a five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure that would address some of the country's most urgent infrastructure needs, from addressing the massive maintenance backlog, to designing safer streets, to putting the U.S. on a path toward zero emissions from t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) introduced H.R. 5700, the Resilient Highways Act, with Congressman David Rouzer (NC-07) and Congresswoman Abby Finkenauer (IA-01). The bipartisan bill would help communities like those in Burlington and Ocean Counties strengthen their local infrastructure against the increased risks of extreme storms and flooding. "One of the questions I get most often is how we're preparing for   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: Congressman Albio Sires (D-NJ) released the following statement recognizing three area hospitals that serve the 8th District for their receipt of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funding from the State to establish hospital-based violence intervention programs (HVIPs): "I am encouraged to hear that Trinitas Health Foundation in Elizabeth, Jersey City Medical Center (RWJBarnabas) in Jersey City, and University Hos  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced that next week's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing will be held on Wednesday, February 5, at 10:30 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, "Vap  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) announced that the Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 5, at 10 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on the Natural Gas Act. The hearing is entitled, "Modernizing the Natural Gas Act to Ensure it Wo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) announced that the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on Thursday, February 6, at 10 am in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building on H.R. 1166, the Uti  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a decision denying a bid protest filed by Altair Equipment of Warminster, Pennsylvania. According to the GAO, Altair Equipment Company Inc., a small business "protests the award of a contract to The Maclean Group LLC, of Albany, California, also a small business, under request for quotations (RFQ) No. FA4484-19-QA-018, issued by the Department of the Air Force for a commercial mobile water demineralization unit for a power p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on drug development. The report (GAO-20-251) is entitled "FDA's Priority Review Voucher Programs". The report was sent to Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman, and Rep. Greg Walden, R-Oregon, Republican leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report on the Medicaid. The report (GAO-20-260) is entitled "States' Changes to Payment Rates for Substance Use Disorder Services". The report was sent to Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, chairman, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 116-381) on the Helping Seniors Afford Health Care Act (H.R. 4671), which amends titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce cost-sharing, align income and resource eligibility tests, simplify enrollment and provide for other program improvements for low-income Medicare beneficiaries. The report was advanced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, on Jan. 24. Excerpts of the report follow: I.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Gottheimer's bipartisan amendment protects American consumers, credit scores * * * On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) to stop upcoming changes in credit score models that would decrease the credit scores for millions of Americans, harming their financial futures. Gottheimer's   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: 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 made the following statement: "As longtime supporters of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and the two-state solution, we welcome any effort that will help advance those  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today asked the following question during today's question and answer phase of the impeachment trial. He was joined by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today asked the following question during today's question and answer phase of the impeachment trial. He was joined by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.): "The President's Counsel has argued that the President's actions are based on his desire   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 29: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today hosted a press conference in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the latest on the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Flanked by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Senat  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week seeking answers about allegations that the government of Saudi Arabia hacked and attempted to extort Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post. Senator Menendez, who has p  more

FAIR LAWN, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Congressman Josh announced the introduction of a bipartisan bill to help cut taxes for seniors, save for retirement, and help retirees stay in Northern New Jersey. The bipartisan Senior Housing Improvement and Retirement Accounts (IRA) Act of 2020 will help Americans save for retirement and encourage increased savings by allowing seniors who sell their principal residence to avoid payin  more

GLEN ROCK, New Jersey, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: On January 28, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) honored new Emerson Councilwoman Patricia Dinallo for beginning her first term and met to discuss issues impacting North Jersey communities, clawing back taxes through grant programs, and keeping children and families safe. "Patricia has been a proud Emerson resident for over five decades and is bringing to the Emerson Council her  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: On Tuesday, January 28, 2020, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) hosted a Telephone Town Hall with thousands of Fifth District constituents to discuss steps being taken both in North Jersey and in Congress to keep our water and air clean, including giving parents and communities up-to-date information on lead water levels in our children's schools, combating toxic dumping in our communities, prote  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following floor remarks on Jan. 27 to honor International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau: Tonight, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 943 - the Never Again Education Act, bipartisan legislation cosponsored by Gottheimer and endorsed by the Problem Solvers Caucus to create a new grant program for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to provide school  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement regarding the White House's proposed peace plan: As a proud, lifelong supporter of Israel, I support a two-state solution that preserves Israel's status as a Jewish, Democratic state. I heard the President make clear his commitment to a two-state solution, in consultation with the leaders of both of Israel's major political parties. I believe that any proposal that seeks to peacefully resolve the Israeli  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Jan. 30, entitled "Congratulating Max Fisher for Being Named Moorestown, New Jersey's Citizen of the Year": I rise today to congratulate one of my constituents, Max Fisher of Moorestown, New Jersey, for being named as his town's 2020 Citizen of the Year. Each year, the Citizen of the Year Award is presented by the Moorestown Service Council to a resident who thr  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Andy Kim, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Andy Kim (NJ-03) voted to pass legislation that would ensure that the decision to send American forces into harm's way is done in line with the Constitution. These pieces of legislations aim to stop the continued exploitation of an 18-year old Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) specifically designed to target Saddam Hussein and his regime. This outdated AUMF does not and should not  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: Representative Malinowski introduced legislation that will increase transparency in the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program, the government's main source of grant funding for public transit programs like the Gateway Project. Congressmen Donald Payne Jr. (NJ-10) and Albio Sires (NJ-08) joined as original cosponsors of the legislation. The bill would require the Department of Transportati  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following floor remarks: Representative Malinowski spoke on the House Floor to highlight the connection between hateful rhetoric and acts of violence. Last week the Congressman hosted an Interfaith Security Briefing in the district with over 80 religious leaders and called for further action to keep our communities and faith institutions safe from acts of violent extremism. "Madam Speaker, last week in my New Jersey distric  more

CRANFORD, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Hailey Seals will join Congressman Malinowski as his guest at this year's State of the Union address to be held of Feb. 4. Hailey is the oldest child of Detective Joe Seals who lost his life in the line of duty on Dec. 10 to armed extremists who were targeting law enforcement and people of Jewish faith. "I admire Hailey's bravery in coming to Washington to honor her father's ultimate sacrifi  more

SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Committed to Prioritizing Early Childhood Education in Spring Appropriations Process * * * Representative Malinowski kicked off the year with a visit to the Head Start Community Program of Morris County to learn more about this vital program that works with 333 children and their families. He was joined by Dover Mayor Carolyn Blackman. Throughout the morning he met with the stud  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) announced his guest for the State of the Union Address on February 4, 2020. Jillian Hudspeth is the President and CEO of New Jersey Primary Care Association that oversees New Jersey's Federally Qualified Health Centers. Federally Qualified Health Centers provide medical, dental, behavioral health, and substance abuse disorder treatment for New Jersey's most vuln  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, issued the following remarks at a hearing entitled "Legislation to Promote the Health and Safety of Racehorses": New Jersey has always had a special relationship with horses. Our state symbol includes a head of a horse, representing speed and strength. And our official state animal is the horse. It's a small state geographically but, surprising  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following remarks on Jan. 28 at a joint Environment and Climate Change and Energy subcommittee hearing entitled "Out of Control: The Impact of Wildfires on our Power Sector and the Environment:" This is an important hearing today as we examine the impact of wildfires on our energy infrastructure and the environment. Wildfires are becoming more frequent, more dangerous, an  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31 after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai informed the committee that the FCC's Enforcement Bureau completed its investigation into wireless carriers' unauthorized disclosure of real-time location data: "Following our longstanding calls to take action, the FCC finally informed the Committee today that one or more wireless carr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 30 condemning the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's defense of PennEast's efforts to overturn the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision and seize state-owned land: "Today FERC took the unprecedented step of injecting itself into a legal battle in which it has no part. "For an independent regulatory agency to help a private party seiz  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's proposal to allow states to block grant their Medicaid programs: "President Trump is once again breaking the law and a promise he made to the American people. This illegal Medicaid block grant proposal could have devastating consequences on the health of millions of Americans, including those affected by the opioid epidemic  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 28: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) released legislative text of the draft Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act - an ambitious new climate pl  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) blasted a plan unveiled by the Trump administration to destabilize Medicaid and steal health care from the hands of millions of Americans. "This is one of the most cynically fiendish schemes I've ever seen in government," said Rep. Pascrell, a strong critic of Republicans' decade of attacks on Medicaid and the ACA. "Trump's name for this measure, the so-called   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 28: * * * - Highlights repeated failures to provide help to working families * * * U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey's only member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, spoke out in vehement support of strengthening paid family and medical leave policies offered to working American families. Rep. Pascrell cited the struggles of Lauren Agoratus of New Jersey, wh  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade, again assailed the revised North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the governments of the United States, Canada, and Mexico as it was signed into law at the White House. "Despite the administration's artificial hoopla, this signing is no cause for celebration," said Rep. Pascrell, a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 29: * * * - Introduces NJDOT Commissioner to Testify on State Program at Key Hearing; Gateway is critical project deprived of funding by spiteful Trump administration * * * U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), New Jersey's only member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, demanded a significant increase in funding for America's roads, bridges, and tunnel systems. Rep. Pascre  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded New Jersey's 10th District roughly $10.8 million in grants. The department said the district would receive a $10.2 million grant to support head start projects in Newark and a roughly $600,000 grant for research on heart and vascular diseases at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Congress  more

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Residents are invited to bring handmade Valentine's Day cards for veterans to Rep. Sherrill's Parsippany Office * * * Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) announced the launch of the "Valentines for Veterans" program. Residents are invited to drop off Valentine's Day cards for military veterans at Representative Sherrill's District Office in Parsippany, starting today through Mo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) voted for The Comprehensive Credit Rating Enhancement, Disclosure, Innovation, and Transparency (CREDIT) Act of 2019 (H.R. 3621), legislation that holds credit reporting agencies accountable and empowers consumers with more control of their data. Too often, consumers have little recourse to correct errors on their reports, even though the information on credit repor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The House of Representatives passed two measures as amendments, Rep. Barbara Lee's H.R. 2456, repealing the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), and Rep. Ro Khanna's H.R. 5543, the No War Against Iraq Act, to limit the President's unauthorized use of military force against Iran. Rep. Albio Sires is a cosponsor of both these measures, which passed the House as amendments to a different l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Kay Granger (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Randy Weber (R-TX), Marc Veasey (D-TX), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), the Co-Chairs of the House of Representatives Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism, joined Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY), David Cicilline (D-RI), Brian Mast (R-FL), and Brad Sherman (D-CA) in sending a letter  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 31: Rep. Chris Smith joined President Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Attorney General William Barr, and other congressional and State Department officials at the White House to mark the 20th year since enactment of Smith's landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA, Public Law 106-386). "This landmark piece of legislation changes the landscape of the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Jefferson Van Drew, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: The House Homeland Security Committee advanced three bills that are a part of Committee Republicans' American Security Agenda: Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee Ranking Member John Katko's (R-NY) H.R. 5679, the CISA Director Reform Act, Rep. Dan Bishop's (R-NC) H.R. 5670, the Transportation Security Transparency Improvement Act and Rep. Jeff Van Drew's (R-NJ) H.R.   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement on Jan. 30 following an announcement of cuts to Medicaid by President Trump: "Today's announcement from the Trump Administration that they would take healthcare from families who can't make ends meet is another example of how this president continues to threaten the livelihoods of hardworking Americans. These are kids whose parents can't afford their care, expecting mothers who need to see doctors, a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Rep. Tomaz Malinowski, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 29: Representative Malinowski joined House Leadership in unveiling a comprehensive framework for overhauling and modernizing our nation's infrastructure, the first step towards passing a major infrastructure bill this year. The framework would designate funding for infrastructure projects of regional and national significance, reducing the discretion that the Secretary of Transportation curren  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-New York, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following joint statement on a two-state solution for the U.S. and Israel: "As longtime supporters of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and the two-state solution, we welcome any effort that will help advance those goals. "Israel and the United States share important values, including s  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement: U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) and Don Bacon (R-NE-02), co-chairs of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, expressed concern and disappointment over comments made by President Trump regarding 34 U.S. servicemembers who sustained possible brain injuries during the January 8 attack on the Al-Asad airbase in Iraq. "Brain injury should never be minimized. Unfortunately, too many people,  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- In the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, sent a question to the Chief Justice for review by the Senate: The CHIEF JUSTICE. Senator Booker's question is for the House manager: Even if a communication or a document is covered by executive privilege, that privilege can be overcome by showing the evidence is important and unavailable elsewhere. On January 22, while this trial was underway, President Trump said, "I thought our team di  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: During the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump in the Senate, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the House Managers about Rudy Giuliani's role in U.S. foreign policy. "As Ambassador Sondland testified, if he and other U.S. officials didn't talk to Ru  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Sen. Cory Booker, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 25: U.S. Cory Booker (D-NJ), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined his Democratic colleagues on the committee, Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Ed Markey (D-MA), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing serious concerns about an official State Department statement issued earlier today attacking NPR's All Things Cons  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the following question during today's question and answer phase of the impeachment trial. He was joined by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Jeanne Shaheen ((D-N.H.):   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the following question during today's question and answer phase of the impeachment trial. He was joined by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.): "The President's Counsel has argued that the President's actions are based on his desire to root out corruption. However, new reporting indicates that Attorney G  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 30: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, asked the following question during today's question and answer phase of the impeachment trial: "The President was seeking investigations from a foreign power based partly on what Fiona Hill called 'a fictional narrative perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services.' We know that th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 29: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, hosted a press conference in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the latest on the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Flanked by Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Menendez outlined what he expects to learn as the   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the news that the State Department would deny a National Public Radio correspondent a seat aboard Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's plane for his forthcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia. The decision is t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement on a two-state solution: Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Senator Bob Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations made the following statement: "As longtime supporters of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship and the two-state solution, we welcome any effort that will help advance those goals. "Israel and the United States   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following joint statement: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee that sets national health policy, and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Newark Liberty International Airport is bein  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- In the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, sent a question to the Chief Justice for review by the Senate: The CHIEF JUSTICE. The question is from Senator Menendez to the House managers: President Trump has maintained that he withheld U.S. security assistance to Ukraine because he was concerned about corruption. Yet, his purported concern about corruption did not prevent his Administration from sending congressionally-appropria  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following remarks on during the question and answer phase of the impeachment trial on Jan. 29: "President Trump has maintained that he withheld U.S. security assistance to Ukraine because he was concerned about corruption. "Yet, his purported concern about corruption did not prevent his Administration from sending congressionally-appropriated assistance to U  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to the news that the State Department would deny a National Public Radio correspondent a seat aboard Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's plane for his forthcoming trip to Europe and Central Asia. The decision is the latest escalation from the Trump Administration after an NPR re  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement after Senate Republicans blocked Democratic efforts to allow witnesses to be called in the impeachment trial of President Trump: "To prevent Congress from uncovering the full scope of his misconduct, President Trump engaged in an unprecedented effort to obstruct each and every attempt by Congress to investigate his abuse of office. Yet I never thought I would see the day when the Senate would take an active  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following statement: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department formally informed Congress of President Trump's decision to roll back restrictions on the U.S. government's use and production of antipersonnel landmines (APL): "By enabling and encouraging the scourge of anti-personnel landmines around the world, Presiden  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the State Department informed Congress of President Trump's decision to roll back restrictions on the U.S. government's use and production of antipersonnel landmines: "By enabling and encouraging the scourge of anti-personnel landmines around the world, President Trump has found yet another disturbing way to undo the progress made to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week seeking answers about allegations that the government of Saudi Arabia hacked and attempted to extort Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post. Senator Menendez, who has previously warned about Saudi Arabia's use of technology to target   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - More than half-million Americans experience homelessness on a typical night * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, joined committee colleagues in requesting answers from U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Executive Director Robert Marbut regarding the policies and approach he may advance as the new le  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 21 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanding a full accounting of the steps the State Department is taking to investigate the alleged surveillance of U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. The senators also voiced concern for Pompeo's refusal to express any support for  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was joined by Senators Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) in sending a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressing serious concerns about an official State Department statement issued   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Senators continue to push health officials to protect NJans from deadly outbreak * * * U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today joined a group of their Democratic colleagues in requesting updates from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Administration's response to the novel coronavirus outbreak and information on steps being taken to keep the public safe. T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) sent a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathleen Kraninger demanding answers regarding the CFPB's failure to conduct oversight of federal student loan servicers. "We are deeply disturbed by your lack of transparency with   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Jan. 28: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, raised their concerns with the Trump Administration's failure to reach a deal determining South Korea's new financial contributions to help pay for the current level of American military troops stationed in the Korean pe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Bob Menendez, D-New Jersey, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, raised their concerns with the Trump Administration's failure to reach a deal determining South Korea's new financial contributions to help pay for the current level  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * - Sweeping bill implements a series of commonsense reforms to address deadly crisis * * * U.S. Senator Bob Menendez joined Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) in announcing the introduction of the Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act, which includes and builds upon Congressional Democrats' strongest gun safety legislation in one bold, comprehensive bill that works to end the epidemic of gun  more