Quotes from Bob Menendez

You can have a Second Amendment right, but not a Second Amendment right to an AR-15.

Sure, banking bills are important, but they don't save lives.

The road to some of the darkest moments of history have been paved with the rants of petty demagogues against ethnic minorities for centuries.

During the 2005 Bush tax holiday, corporations didn't bring back the billions they stashed overseas to build new factories, increase wages, or create more jobs. The lion's share of that windfall went to CEO raises and stock buybacks for investors on Wall Street.

My mother was a seamstress, my father an itinerant carpenter.

I am still doing my due diligence. A vote on a Supreme Court nominee is a lifetime appointment and when the court decides, it is the law of the land.

There are plenty of opportunities for common grounds that we need to explore and strengthen. The Hispanic community has a strong affinity for our relationship with Israel.

We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either.

We should seek international support for our mutual objectives abroad, in promoting freedom, democracy, respect for human rights, and also the elimination of weapons of mass destruction.

Latino patriots have served and fought in every war. They are artists, dancers, singers, poets and journalists, teachers and scientists. More and more Latinos are becoming entrepreneurs and businesspeople, contributing to the wealth and economic well-being of the nation.

The principles of fairness and equality for working men and women are deeply interwoven within the fabric of our nation's history.

By failing to keep their end of the bargain, the Bush administration would allow New Jersey projects to deteriorate and make New Jersey highways and bridges less safe.

Since the end of the Cold War, peace, prosperity, and progress have largely been the order of the day for hundreds of millions of people in the Americas, but not for the people of Cuba.

Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are major issues. We need to do more in the context of domestic security.

My first priority is growing this economy in the long term, and stimulating it in the short term.

My mother made the courageous decision to flee a tyrannized Cuba in the 1950s and bring her children to the United States, where I was born.

The United States' flag should only fly in Cuba when the island is free, when dissent is embraced, and when democracy is restored.

There's a difference between a free market and free-for-all market.

I have devoted my life to serving the people of New Jersey and am forever thankful for all who have stood by me.

If you got up this morning and had fruits for breakfast, it was probably picked by the bent back of an immigrant worker. If you slept in a hotel or motel of the nation, you probably had your room done by an immigrant worker.

There is one source of injustice in Cuba: The Castro regime. It is not United States policies and it is not the United States embargo.

Fidel's oppressive legacy will haunt the Cuban regime and our hemisphere forever.

Don't blame America for the thousands of Cubans who have been arrested, detained, and imprisoned by Castro for peacefully protesting the regime.

The answer dictates what the policy should be in our relationships with every country in the world.