Famous quotes by Robert Menendez:

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

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

"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 Castro's Cuba, and not here,"

"We think it's critical for his future, because if you're a Democratic president of a Republican Congress, you'll just have four years of battle."

"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."

"It's 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,"

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

"Maybe it's because we have two oil men in the White House who don't 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,"

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

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

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

"We need strong public health institutions to respond to any challenge. We need to deal with critical infrastructure. The reality is that very little money has flowed to communities to help our first responders; to help our hospitals; to help the public health infrastructure."

"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."

"We need to have a strong economy that can create employment opportunities and that can also produce the revenue that we need to defend our country at home and abroad."

"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."

"There are many domestic issues that give us a lot of common ground to work on. Health, education and immigration are among the areas where we share mutual goals and aspirations. There are also many values that we share as a communities."

"While we may be of different faiths, we have a strong sense of faith, family, community. We hold the values of freedom and human rights very high and I think that those are all a part of a very strong quilt that binds us together."

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

"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."

"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."