Bob Menendez

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

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

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

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

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

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

“No matter how you slice it, limiting the SALT deduction forces New Jersey families to spend even more to subsidize Americans in less economically productive states, which take more than they ever give back to the federal government.”

“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.”

“I want to have a good vote in the Senate so we send the message that the Republicans and the Democrats are together in favor of immigration reform.”

“I was the first in my family to go to college.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There's a difference between, as I always say, the destination, the end point, and the journey. The journey has a lot of twists and turns. It isn't always pretty.”

“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.”

“I will not ascribe to the 'Blame America' club for vicious abuses of human rights, systemic exploitation of Cuban labor, unrelenting repression, and stifling censorship.”

“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.”

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

“I don't believe you need high capacity magazines to go hunt. If you have to use 100 rounds to shoot a deer, you're in trouble.”

“Ultimately, the NRA has maybe five million members. We are a nation of 320 million-plus, and it's time we call out those who stand on the wrong side of history and spout the same old NRA talking points.”