WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to reports that a delegation of senior Biden administration officials met with the Maduro regime to discuss the release of arbitrarily imprisoned Americans and the potential purchase of Venezuelan...
NEW JERSEY – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today is calling on the Biden administration to take whatever steps it deems necessary to expedite and support the immediate transfer of fighter aircraft from NATO and Eastern European countries to the government of Ukraine. The request...
WASHINGTON – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, emitió las siguientes declaraciones después de que el Secretario de Seguridad Nacional, Alejandro Mayorkas, anunciara que la Administración Biden otorgará un estatus de protección temporal...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the Biden administration will provide Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians in the United States:
“After a week of Vladimir Putin’s...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today was joined by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in unveiling the Internet Freedom and Operations (INFO) Act of 2022, new bipartisan legislation to bolster the U.S. government’s ability to combat authoritarian and repressive...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the three lead sponsors of the enacted Save Our Seas (SOS) 2.0 Act, issued the following joint statement on the United Nations Environment Assembly’s...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today is calling on the Biden administration to bolster and ratchet up its unprecedented pressure campaign to hold Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and his lackey Aleksandr Lukashenko in Belarus, accountable for Putin’s unprovoked,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the below statement following the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) publication of a new report that found that the State Department failed to comply with reporting requirements for...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Co-Chair of the Senate Ukraine Caucus; and U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
WASHINGTON – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de EEUU, emitió las siguientes declaraciones en reacción al anuncio de los líderes de Estados Unidos, la Comisión Europea, Francia, Alemania, Italia, el Reino Unido y Canadá de una nueva...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in reaction to an announcement by the leaders of the United States, European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, UK, and Canada of a new round of sanctions to hold Putin to account for his illegitimate war...
WASHINGTON – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de EEUU, emitió las siguientes declaraciones después que el Presidente Biden anunciara esta tarde una nueva ronda de sanciones contra Rusia por la guerra ilegal e ilegítima de Putin en...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement in response to President Biden’s announcement this afternoon of a new round of sanctions in response to Putin’s illegal and illegitimate war against Ukraine:
“I welcome the President’s...
UNION CITY, N.J. – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité De Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de Estados Unidos, emitió esta noche las siguientes declaraciones en reacción a los ataques no provocados de Rusia contra Ucrania:
“Esta noche, tengo un nudo en la garganta por el pueblo de Ucrania. A manera...
UNION CITY, N.J. – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité De Relaciones Exteriores del Senado de Estados Unidos, emitió esta noche las siguientes declaraciones en reacción a los ataques no provocados de Rusia contra Ucrania:
“Esta noche, tengo un nudo en la garganta por el pueblo de Ucrania. A manera...
UNION CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tonight issued the following statement in reaction to Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine:
“Tonight, my heart is heavy for the people of Ukraine. As we pray for them in this dark moment of uncertainty, it is clear that...
WASHINGTON – El Senador Bob Menéndez (D-N.J.), Presidente del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores del Senado, acompañó ayer al Presidente de la República de Ecuador Guillermo Lasso en una rueda de prensa virtual para celebrar los esfuerzos legislativos del senador para fortalecer la floreciente relación...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday joined Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso in a virtual press conference held in celebration of the Senator’s efforts to strengthen the flourishing relationship between the United States and Ecuador. Also joining...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined John King on CNN to discuss the latest developments regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and his expectations for a strong response from the United States and Europe.
On anticipated additional U.S. sanctions against...
JERSEY CITY, NJ – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision on Monday to formally recognize the independence of Moscow-backed breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine:
“Vladimir Putin’s illegal recognition of...