Implementing Accountability on Wall Street
Senator Menendez gives opening remarks in the Senate Banking Committee on Financial Regulatory Reform.
Send a holiday greeting card to our service members
Now in its third year, the American Red Cross and Pitney Bowes Inc. have joined forces to once again bring the Holiday Mail for Heroes program and provide Americans with the opportunity to extend holiday greetings and thanks to service members, veterans and their families worldwide.
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Senator Menendez Chairs Hearing on Ending Veteran's Homelessness
Menendez gives closing remarks in Finance Committee on health Insurance reform bill
Votes in favor of bill, which passed committee by a 14-9 tally. Menendez says it is important that the process move forward to produce real reform, but there must be improvements to bill before it is finalized.
AFTER OBAMA'S JOINT ADDRESS ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM, MENENDEZ SAYS IT'S TIME TO RISE ABOVE POLITICS OF FABRICATION AND FEAR
“This is a serious matter that deserves an
honest and serious approach. It is time to rise above the politics of
fabrication and fear that powerful, entrenched interests have used to
turn the debate into a brawl. Americans demanded a change from the
cynical politics that took our nation in the wrong direction, and we
are standing up for responsible policy and politics."
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MENENDEZ ON CONFIRMATION OF JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR: "THE PROMISE OF AMERICA FULFILLED"
"Sonia Sotomayor and I were born in the same year and grew up in similar circumstances on
different sides of the Hudson River. Today, a man raised in a Union City
tenement was able to stand as one of 100 United States Senators and cast a vote
to confirm to the nation's highest court an eminently-qualified woman, raised
in a Bronx housing project. That is more than a coincidence - in the United
States of America, it is anything but. It is the American Dream. It is the
promise of America fulfilled."
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HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM: SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS
As a member of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Menendez is playing an active role in drafting legislation to provide access to comprehensive, affordable health care coverage. In order to best represent the views of New Jersey constituents and stakeholders, Senator Menendez would like to hear your thoughts and concerns about health care reform. Please feel free to share your observations and ideas about how to improve our current system by e-mailing our office at ideas@menendez.senate.gov. Also, we would welcome hearing your personal stories and struggles about receiving health care in America today.
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