Quotes by Robert Menendez

“You would have thought we had a picture-perfect response to Katrina,”

“The response by our government has been late, it has been inadequate, and it has been a failure for far too many,”

“Maybe its because we have two oil men in the White House who dont seem to have the sensitivity of understanding the nature of these energy impacts upon the American people, both in gas prices and as we look forward to the upcoming winter season in terms of home heating fuel costs as well,”

“What family would commit all their paycheck income for the next 10 years up front? ... None of you would. Thats like playing Russian Roulette with our economic future.”

“Its denying the Castro dictatorship of the currency that it needs, of the money that it needs to sustain its dictatorship. It has done that in very dramatic ways,”

“My decision not to run for the U.S. Senate is based on my commitment to achieve a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, and my desire to become the next chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.”

“We think its critical for his future, because if youre a Democratic president of a Republican Congress, youll just have four years of battle.”

“You had some of the closest people to Janet Reno in good faith negotiating to try to avert this. And I believe that to send, you know, armed agents with gun point and with a mask on the holiest of weekends is simply something we expect in Castros Cuba, and not here,”

“In comparison, Cuba spent about $1 billion -- or more than 35 percent -- on petroleum imports,”

“Any policy that could give Wyoming more dollars per capita than New Jersey is a policy that puts politics over security,”