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Robert Menendez
stated on February 13, 2017 in a tweet:

Recent immigration raids "are not business as usual. The raids are being done indiscriminately. They’re not focused simply on criminal aliens."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • February 17, 2017

Robert Menendez
stated on July 7, 2013 in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press”:

Says Obama administration delay of health care law's employer mandate affects about 1 percent of the American workforce.

Mostly True

By Becky Bowers • July 12, 2013

Robert Menendez
stated on December 27, 2012 in a speech on the Senate floor:

Says "10 days after Hurricane Katrina, this chamber passed two separate bills amounting to $60 billion. It has been nearly two months since we had Superstorm Sandy, and nothing has passed."

True

By Bill Wichert • January 3, 2013

Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 in a speech:

"For the first time in history, the share of the national popular vote margin is smaller than the Latino vote margin."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • November 26, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on November 4, 2012 in a campaign rally:

Says under President Barack Obama, the United States has created "five million jobs."

Half-True

By Bill Wichert • November 12, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 10, 2012 in a debate on New Jersey 101.5-FM:

Says the U.S. Senate has passed "a budget" over the last three years "called the Budget Control Act."

False

By Bill Wichert • October 14, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:

"When (Joe Kyrillos) had an opportunity to vote for women in terms of their health care, not once, not twice, but six times, he voted against women’s health care in our state."

True

By Bill Wichert • October 8, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 in a debate on NJTV:

Says Paul Ryan’s budget would turn Medicare into a "voucher."

Mostly True

By Bill Wichert • October 5, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on July 24, 2012 in a news conference:

Says under federal law "we do not have any limitation on the number of guns and bullets we can buy."

True

By Bill Wichert • August 1, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on June 28, 2012 in an interview on Richard French Live:

Says as a result of the national health care reform, "the Congressional Budget Office says we save $250 million over the first 10 years. Over the next 10 years, we save $1.2 trillion in savings in terms of health care."

Mostly False

By Bill Wichert • July 11, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on June 8, 2012 in an interview on NJTV’s “On the Record”:

Says Joe Kyrillos "voted to raid the state's pension funds by $2.8 billion that is costing New Jersey taxpayers still today to the tune of nearly $15 billion dollars to repay that money."

False

By Erin O'Neill • June 17, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on March 28, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:

Says the United States "actually exports more gasoline, diesel and other fuels than it imported in 2011 for the first time since, I think, 1949."

True

By Bill Wichert • April 11, 2012

Robert Menendez
stated on October 18, 2011 in a speech:

"New Jersey alone, my home state, is facing a ten-and-a-half billion dollar shortfall in its 2012 fiscal budget. This means more cuts in state and local spending for education, which means our kids are hurt."

False

By Bill Wichert • November 3, 2011