The senators requested the administration withdraw the policy and "re-engage with stakeholders, states, and Congress. He attended Union Hill High School, where his speech teacher, Gail Harper, helped him develop as a public speaker. [105], On August 18, 2015, Menendez announced his opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran, saying, "President Obama continues to erroneously say that this agreement permanently stops Iran from having a nuclear bomb, Let's be clear: What the agreement does is to recommit Iran not to pursue a nuclear bomb, a promise they have already violated in the past. He called the attack "anarchy" and "a sad day for our democracy. In October 2019, Menendez got engaged to Nadine Arslanian, an international businesswoman from Bergen County. They had two children: Alicia Menendez, an MSNBC television commentator/host,[201][202] and Rob Menendez, who worked as the Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and was elected to Congress in the 8th congressional district in 2022 as a Democrat. [67][68] He voted against Senate Amendment 1151, declaring English the national language of the Federal government of the United States. One of the other entities incorporated at sub-suite 301a of 125 River Road is 214 High Mountain Road LLC. Menendez was born on January 1, 1954, in New York City to Cuban immigrants[2][3] who had left Cuba a few months earlier, in 1953. "Senator Menendez takes the long view to his chairmanship, guided by the belief that projecting American values from the committee dais will make a real difference in the world and improve the. [163], In February 2015, The Intercept published an investigative work by Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton, assisted in part by the work of independent researcher Joanne Stocker, indicating that Menendez received at least two donations from the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) before September 2012, when it was listed as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. [96], In December 2018, Menendez was one of 42 senators to sign a letter to Trump administration officials Alex Azar, Seema Verma, and Steve Mnuchin arguing that the administration was improperly using Section 1332 of the Affordable Care Act to authorize states to "increase health care costs for millions of consumers while weakening protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions." [25], Menendez voted against the United Nations Reform Act of 2005, cutting U.S. funding to the U.N. by 50% over three years, and sponsored the Tsunami Orphans and Unaccompanied Children Act of 2005 to provide assistance to victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Senators Are Unconstitutional", "Court kills Robert Menendez recall push", "Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Bank From Home State", "Menendez Sought Bank Bailout For Campaign Contributors", "U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez defends bailout request for struggling BankAmericano in Elizabeth", "Lesniak, other insiders got loans at failed bank", "In Act of Defiance, Democrat Stalls Obama Choice for Court", "Senator Says His Concerns With Nominee Aren't Personal", "Feds tell Sen. Menendez 2006 probe now closed, subpoena had come in heat of election", "ICE reportedly arrested illegal immigrant sex offender interning for Menendez", "Gov't arrests illegal immigrant Senate intern", "Sen. Menendez employed intern who was illegal immigrant, sex offender, AP reports", "Senator Bob Menendez Outlines Positions on Israel, Iran", "Long March of the Yellow Jackets: How a One-Time Terrorist Group Prevailed on Capitol Hill", "Senate approves resolution warning Trump not to hand over US officials", "Wyden, Merkley urge more affordable housing funds", "Congress may restore your property tax break, but just for a little while, N.J. congressman says", "FBI investigating allegations Sen. Menendez patronized prostitutes in Dominican Republic", "Inquiry on Democratic Senator Started With a Partisan Push", "Woman Says She Was Paid to Lie About Claim of Sex With Senator Menendez", "Daily Caller's Prostitution 'Scoop' Was So Thin Even the, "Escort says Menendez prostitution claims were made up", "Menendez Prostitution Scandal Takes Dramatic Turn", "Menendez: Prostitution allegations 'manufactured' by 'right-wing blog', "Dominican police: 3 women paid to make false claims about Menendez", "Feds probe Menendez rental deal: Senator took in at least $300,000 from nonprofit in Union City", "GOP calls Menendez rent profits unethical", "Agency was paying rent to its champion: Menendez denies Kean's charge that role of landlord poses conflict", "Grand jury investigating Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), people familiar with probe say", "Senator Menendez's Ties to Political Donor Are Scrutinized", "Senator Robert Menendez and Salomon Melgen Indicted for Conspiracy, Bribery and Honest Services Fraud", "Sen. Robert Menendez indicted on corruption charges", "Sen. Robert Menendez indicted on federal corruption charges", "Opening Arguments in Menendez Trial Focus on the Meaning of Friendship", "Report: Menendez emails sought to aid donor's firm", "Bribery trial prosecutor: Menendez acted as 'personal senator' for rich doctor", "Menendez Will Give Up Foreign Relations Post", "After mistrial, Menendez speaks of 'resurrection,' but joy may be short-lived", "Justice Department seeks to toss out charges against Sen. Menendez", "Corruption Case Against Senator Menendez Ends in Mistrial", "Menendez Judge Suggests He May Dismiss Senator's Bribe Counts", "Ethics committee admonishes Sen. Bob Menendez over taking gifts and advocating for donor", "The Senate just smacked down one of its own", "Senate Ethics Committee Admonition Letter", "School 3 in West New York renamed after Sen. Robert Menendez", "Greek President Decorated Menendez with the Grand Cross of the Order of Honour", "Greek honor for US Senator | eKathimerini.com", "US senator awarded Cyprus' highest order of merit | Cyprus Mail", "Friend of Cyprus US senator Robert Menendez in Cyprus on Monday", " . Menendez concurrently served in the New Jersey General Assembly (198791). These tables list the top donors to candidates in the 2017 - 2022 election cycle. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (19932006). [167], In November 2012, the conservative political news and opinion website Daily Caller published allegations that Menendez had contact with underage prostitutes in the Dominican Republic. Congressman Rob Menendez Announces State of the Union Guest February 6, 2023 Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Rob Menendez today announced Roslyn Rogers Collins as his special guest to President Biden's 2023 State of the Union Address. Bob Menendez, in full Robert Menendez, (born January 1, 1954, New York, New York, U.S.), American politician who was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate from New Jersey in 2006 and was elected to that body later that year. [28][29], In the 105th Congress, Menendez voted for the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, repealing provisions of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 that limited investment banks from acquiring insurance companies or other commercial banks, and voted for the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Menendez denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty, continuing to serve in the Senate. [57] He has introduced multiple pieces of legislation in attempts to overhaul what he calls our "failed immigration system. "[52] After the Capitol was secure and Congress reconvened, Menendez voted to certify the election. Menendez supported abortion rights and same-sex marriage, and he emerged as a leading advocate for immigration reform. [139], In 2009, Menendez succeeded Senator Chuck Schumer of New York as chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "[97], In January 2019, during the 201819 United States federal government shutdown, Menendez was one of 34 senators to sign a letter to Commissioner of Food and Drugs Scott Gottlieb recognizing the efforts of the FDA to address the effect of the government shutdown on the public health and employees while remaining alarmed "that the continued shutdown will result in increasingly harmful effects on the agency's employees and the safety and security of the nation's food and medical products. In an excerpt from his biography "Money, Murder, and Dominick Dunne," Robert Hofler reveals how Vanity Fair's star reporter became obsessed with one of the young killers Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest ranking Latino in Congress, today led his Senate colleagues in introducing a resolution to commemorate the life and legacy of civil rights leader and labor champion Csar Estrada Chvez. [183][184] In return, Menendez was accused of accepting a range of perks from Melgen, including trips on Melgen's private jet, three nights at a five-star Paris hotel, a round of golf at a private club in West Palm Beach and access to an exclusive Dominican resortsome of which Menendez allegedly failed to report on financial disclosure forms. $0. Menendez, who is chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was previously indicted on corruption charges in April 2015 due to his relationship with a Florida eye doctor, Salomon Melgen. [63][64], Menendez voted against denying legal status to illegal immigrants convicted of domestic violence, crimes against children and crimes relating to the illegal purchase or sale of firearms, but voted to establish a six-month to 20-year ban for undocumented immigrants seeking citizenship who had been convicted for the same crimes along with obstruction of justice, human trafficking and the participation of criminal gang activity. [11] He graduated with a B.A. [128] His "Syria force resolution" was praised by President Obama and others. in political science, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers Law School in 1979 at the Newark campus. While several other people had been mentioned, Menendez was the early favorite among pundits for Governor-elect Corzine's choice. Eduardo Munoz. [53] He also called for an investigation into white supremacy in the military. Menendez blamed Trump and Republicans who supported Trump's baseless claims of voter fraud for inciting the attack. Until this week, the last time Lyle and Erik Menendez saw each other was Sept. 10, 1996, said Robert Rand, a journalist who has covered the case since 1989 and was a consultant for NBC's 2017 TV . Sebator Menendez was born on January 1, 1954 in New York City to Cuban immigrants who had left Cuba a few months earlier in 1953. . His detention is an attack on journalists everywhere. "[74], In June 2019, Menendez and 18 other Democratic senators sent USDA Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong a letter requesting that she investigate USDA instances of retaliation and political decision-making and asserted that not conducting an investigation would mean these "actions could be perceived as a part of this administration's broader pattern of not only discounting the value of federal employees, but suppressing, undermining, discounting, and wholesale ignoring scientific data produced by their own qualified scientists. However, his second bid, in 1986, was successful, and he held the post until 1992. The family subsequently moved to neighboring New Jersey where he grew up in an apartment . The database was leaked to an international group of legislators called the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, which includes Sens. . Bob Menendez 7 Tyrants and dictators have incited hatred against ethnic and religious minorities for centuries in order to consolidate power for themselves. [206] They married in October 2020. Menendez said, "Our ports are the front lines of the war on terrorism. Menendez helped the organization win designation as a Federally Qualified Health Center in 1998. BILL. ", "Trump 'Unleashed the Gates of Hell' by Green-Lighting Turkey's Syria Invasion, Senator Menendez Says", "Democrats urge halt to security aid to Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict", "US Allocates $100 million in Security Aid to Azerbaijan in 201819", "During Major Azerbaijani War Games, US Pulls Plug on Artsakh Demining", "Democrats warn Turkey over involvement in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict", "Sen. Robert Menendez is about to assume a more powerful role in Washington", "Senators Vow Progress as Menendez Indicted", "House quickly passes South Korea nuke deal extension", "Statement by the President on the Ukraine Freedom Support Act", "S.3652 - A bill to counter the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and Eastern European allies, to expedite security assistance to Ukraine to bolster Ukraine's defense capabilities, and to impose sanctions relating to the actions of the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine, and for other purposes", "Neo-Nazis Not Top of Mind for Senate Democrats Pushing Weapons for Ukraine", "Sen. Menendez: 'Mother of all sanctions bill' will deter Putin from invading Ukraine", [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213002727/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00259 Archived, Hillary Clinton For President Press Release, "Tea Party activists look to unseat U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez", "Tea Party group seeking to recall Sen. Robert Menendez appears before N.J. appeals court", "Court rules Tea Party can proceed with effort to recall Sen. Robert Menendez", "Tea Party Petition Aims to Oust NJ Senator Menendez", "US senator from NJ appeals recall ruling", "Why Recalls of U.S. Robert Menendez passed away at age 57 years old on January 26, 2001. "[126] He co-signed a letter stating: "We have been very critical of U.S. security assistance to Azerbaijan given the country's human rights record and aggression in the region. According to two federal officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, the intern was arrested in front of his New Jersey home on December 6, 2012. The resolution states the United States "should refuse to make available any current or former diplomat, civil servant, political appointee, law enforcement official or member of the Armed Forces of the United States for questioning by the government of Vladimir Putin". Cruz still wants to be a senator. "[106], In March 2017, Menendez co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act (S.270), which made it a federal crime, punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment,[107] for Americans to encourage or participate in boycotts against Israel and Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories if protesting actions by the Israeli government. Remarks that. 20. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Candidate self-financing. In 2000, Alina Lydia Fonteboa received 233 votes and Kari Sachs received 168 votes. [119], In June 2019, Menendez called for the immediate release of Ukrainian journalist Stanislav Aseyev, who was being held in custody by militants from the so-called Donetsk People's Republic. A Democrat, he has served as a U.S. [69] He voted to continue federal funding for declared "sanctuary cities. [165], In April 2019, Menendez was one of 41 senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." 2016). [36][37] Corzine's decision to appoint Menendez got the support of several Latino groups, including the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. [189] The case was strongly shaped by McDonnell v. United States, the 2016 Supreme Court decision to dismiss the corruption conviction of former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, which narrowed the legal definition of public corruption and made it harder for prosecutors to prove that a political official engaged in bribery. Senator Tammy Baldwin Helps Introduce Background Check Expansion Act To Reduce Gun Violence", "Democratic senator introduces bill to ban gun silencers", "U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez said Tuesday that the Biden administration's execution of the U.S. military's withdrawal from Afghanistan was "clearly and fatally flawed" and demanded "a full explanation of this administration's decisions on Afghanistan since coming . [95], In June 2019, Menendez was one of four senators to cosponsor the Help Empower Americans to Respond (HEAR) Act, legislation that would ban suppressors being imported, sold, made, sent elsewhere or possessed and grant a silencer buyback program as well as include certain exceptions for current and former law enforcement personnel and others. "[92], Menendez has an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association and a "F" rating from the Gun Owners of America due to his support of gun law reform. It passed 980. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Their parents did not hate them for doing it. [138], On June 12, 2007, Menendez endorsed Hillary Clinton for president and was given the position of National Campaign Co-Chair. In January 2006 Gov. [147] On November 18, 2010, the New Jersey Supreme Court found that the New Jersey provision violated the U.S. $6,750. 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