Robert Menendez

MENENDEZ HAILS FINAL SENATE PASSAGE OF LANDMARK WALL STREET REFORM LEGISLATION

Menendez provisions in the bill:

• “Honest Broker” provision
• Disclosure of CEO-to-worker pay ratio
• Expanded whistleblower protections
• Greater derivatives trades oversight
• Office of Minority and Women Advancement
• Prohibiting brokers from voting client shares on key compensatory issues
• Greater disclosure of stock exchange rules
• Shareholders say on executive pay

SENATOR MENENDEZ DISCUSSES BP'S POSSIBLE ROLE IN HELPING TO FREE LOCKERBIE BOMBER FOR OIL CONTRACTS

Senator Menendez Discusses BP's possible role in helping to brocker a deal to free the Lockervie bomber in exchange for Libyan oil contracts.

SENATOR MENENDEZ TESTIFIES ON HIS BILL TO REMOVE THE CAP ON LIABILITIES FROM OIL SPILLS

Senator Robert Menendez testifies on his bill that will remove the cap on liabilities that oil companies pay for damage from oil spills in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.  This bill will hold oil companies fully accountable for the damage they cause.

SENATOR MENENDEZ CELEBRATES THE NEW MOTHERS ACT LAW WITH WOMEN'S HEALTH ADVOCATES AND REP. RUSH

With Mother’s Day approaching, women’s health advocates joined Congressional champions in the fight against Postpartum Depression to celebrate the enactment of the Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act, the initiative to combat postpartum depression signed into law as part of health insurance reform. The brand new law will establish a comprehensive federal commitment to combating postpartum depression through new research, education initiatives and voluntarily support service programs.

SENATOR MENENDEZ TOUTS PROPOSED FEDERAL FUND WITH MORE THAN $600 MILLION TO KEEP N.J. TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez and New Jersey educators discussed legislation that would help ensure that thousands of teachers can remain in the classroom.  The “Keep Our Educators Working Act” would create a $23 billion Education Jobs Fund to prevent teacher and education job losses – the fund would include more than $600 million for New Jersey teachers.

MENENDEZ HAILS HEALTH INSURANCE LAW: "THE BENEFITS TOUCH EVERY GROUP THAT HAS STRUGGLED WITH INSURANCE COSTS AND DENIALS"

• Bars health insurance companies from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions.
• Prohibits abusive practices whereby health insurance companies rescind existing health insurance policies when a person gets sick.
• Provides dependent coverage for children to continue on their parents plan until age 26.