“This is critical funding to ensure our state and health care providers can continue responding to the pandemic and keep up with the demand for tests and vaccines,” Menendez said. “We’ll need continued federal funding and resources as the pandemic rages on and I’ll fight to make sure New Jersey receives its fair share.”

U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker joined their colleagues in “introducing a bicameral resolution outlining a bold plan for President Biden to tackle the student loan debt crisis by using his existing authority under the Higher Education Act to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt for Federal borrowers. The resolution calls on the President to use executive authority to cancel student loan debt and ensure there is no tax liability for Federal student loan borrowers resulting from administrative debt cancellation.”

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, released the following statement to mark the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15:

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest-ranking Latino in Congress today introduced the Federal Jobs Act that would require the development and implementation of a government-wide initiative to promote, expand, and retain diverse talent across the federal workforce. The bill is cosponsored by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.-20) introduced a similar bill in the House of Representatives.

As Donald Trump spends his first week in office issuing executive orders (imperial edicts?) of dubious legal standing and without input from experienced government personnel, Democrats are pushing back.

On Friday, President Obama announced a five-year, temporary ban on offshore drilling off the Atlantic coast. On Monday, in a guest editorial in the Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey’s U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez made the case for making the ban permanent.

New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez and ex Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro share a common gripe; neither likes President Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba last week.