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Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez, a Democrat, has been serving as one of New Jersey's U.S. Senators since January 2006. Menendez previously served as a member of the House of Representatives.

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Robert Menendez
Robert Menendez
stated on February 13, 2017 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
Robert Menendez
stated on July 7, 2013 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
Robert Menendez
stated on December 27, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on November 14, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on November 4, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on October 10, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on October 4, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on July 24, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on June 28, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on June 8, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on March 28, 2012 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
Robert Menendez
stated on October 18, 2011 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
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Latest Fact-Checks About Robert Menendez

Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on October 4, 2012 a debate on NJTV
Says under U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez’s watch the nation’s unemployment rate and debt doubled and the federal budget deficit quadrupled.
Half-True
By Erin O'Neill • October 7, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on August 29, 2012 an online news release
"Bob Menendez actually voted in favor of higher taxes more than 70 times!"
Mostly False
By Caryn Shinske • September 30, 2012
Menendez Facts
Menendez Facts
stated on September 4, 2012 a blog
"Sen. Bob Menendez voted to enact a new tax on the sale of homes of 3.8%."
Pants on Fire!
By Erin O'Neill • September 17, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on June 6, 2012 an interview on NJToday
Says Robert Menendez is "the king of raising money from Wall Street, over a million dollars, one of the leaders in the United States Senate. I haven’t raised any Wall Street money at all."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • June 14, 2012
Joseph Kyrillos
Joseph Kyrillos
stated on February 1, 2012 a speech at his campaign kickoff
"Senator Menendez said he would spend our money wisely. But our annual national deficit climbed from $250 billion a year to $1.6 trillion on his watch."
Half-True
By Bill Wichert • February 13, 2012
Anna Little
Anna Little
stated on December 29, 2011 a message on her campaign website
"Bob Menendez just voted to increase the government's debt ceiling to $1.9 TRILLION! In his 19 years in Congress, Menendez has helped overspend America over $15 TRILLION into debt."
Mostly False
By Bill Wichert • January 8, 2012
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