Robert Menendez

Menendez: Today's Leak is a Reminder of the Dangers in Our Chemical Facilities

Menendez Statement on Criminal Indictment of Tom DeLay

U.S. Representative Robert Menendez (D-NJ), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus made the following statement today on the criminal indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay:

Menendez Calls Partisan Hearing on Hurricane Katrina a Whitewash
Democrats File Discharge Petition to Force Consideration of Menendez Bill Establishing Katrina Commission

As Republicans in the House of Representatives held a second partisan hearing on the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, House Democrats today filed a discharge petition to force the House to consider legislation sponsored by U.S. Representatives Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Alcee Hastings (D-FL) to establish an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the federal response to Katrina.

The Bergen County Civil War over the 37th district State Senate seat may have extended into the 2006 U.S. Senate race. Sources say Congressman Bob Menendez turned down Jon Corzine's request that he become involved in Loretta Weinberg's bid to replace Byron Baer. Menendez is close to Joseph Ferriero, the Bergen County Democratic Chairman who supported Ken Zisa for the seat. Menendez has been viewed as a leading candidate for appointment to the Senate if Corzine, who is 18 points ahead of Republican Doug Forrester in the most recent independent poll, is elected Governor. Another possible Senate contender, Congressman Rob Andrews, seems to have elevated his standing with Corzine. "He has to make a choice between governing the way he should, and responding to the party bosses," Andrews told Star-Ledger columnist Tom Moran. "This is the first time he's had to make that choice. And he made the right choice."