WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Rob Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release:

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Menendez Statement on Senator Alex Padilla

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Rob Menendez (NJ-08) released the following statement following the violent removal and handcuffing of Senator Alex Padilla:

"Violently throwing a Senator to the ground and handcuffing him for doing his job is an unprecedented escalation of this A . . .

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