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U.S. Senator from New Jersey. 🇺🇸 Proud father of Alicia & Rob. Proud grandfather of Evangelina.

New Jersey, USA
Joined January 2009
Born January 01

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  1. We’re now accepting summer internship applications for Legislative and Press Interns in DC, and Constituent Services and Press Interns in NJ! Find out more and apply at this link:

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  2. By using strategies like driver assistance technology, new barriers to protect operators, de-escalation trainings, and upgrades for buses to reduce risky blind spots, we can create safer public for workers, commuters, & pedestrians.

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  3. Mar 8

    In this week’s episode of , interviews Senator . For show segments and previous interviews, visit or via the Univision Noticias app.

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  4. The President should learn from—not punish—those eager to help get the facts about the reality at the border, listen to their stories, feel their despair, see the fear of those families seeking refuge in our country—and stand-up for our values. This is shameful.

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  5. I’m fighting for women around the globe with the Act, so we can bring reproductive rights back to the ’s annual Human Rights Report. Find out more 👇

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  6. Mar 8

    On we are lucky to have fierce allies for reproductive health. Thank you for the simple idea that reproductive rights are human rights — no matter where you live. Read more: .

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  7. Firearm death rates are at historic highs & users can learn to print 3D weapons in minutes—w/o a background check. That's unconscionable! I’m demanding remove ALL posts w/ links to these dangerous , before they get in the wrong hands.

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  8. Mar 8

    ¿Hay una crisis en la frontera? La Casa Blanca asegura que hay una "catástrofe humanitaria", pero qué dicen los demócratas? Hablamos con en .

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  9. 10 million children in the U.S. live in poverty—and many come from families that can't afford their basic needs. That's why I’m excited to cosponsor the with my colleagues & , so we can break the vicious cycle of poverty.

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  11. This is just a snapshot of the brave women who dare to speak up for fundamental rights. So on , as we reflect on the achievements of women, and reflect on the work that remains to be done, I call on all of us to redouble our efforts to free women .

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  12. In , Aster Fissehatsion has been held incommunicado without charge or trial since September 2001. Her whereabouts, 17 years later, are still not known. She was arrested together with 10 other members of a group of political dissidents known as the Group of 15.

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  13. has also targeted Tibetan nuns. The government expelled thousands of nuns from Larung Gar in Sichuan. Their homes were demolished; they were barred from entering other monasteries, and faced detention, harassment and abuse.

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  14. is responsible for some of the worst abuses, including the imprisonment of women in detention camps. These women are forced to renounce their Muslim religion and Uighur language. Forced labor, torture and death are common.

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  15. In , Hanan Badr el-Din, a human rights defender and co-founder of the Families of the Forcibly Disappeared Association, was detained on May 6, 2017 at Qanatar prison while visiting an individual who had been forcibly disappeared.

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  16. In the , Senator Leila de Lima, a brave champion of , has been one of the only leaders bold enough to oppose President Duterte’s “war on drugs” and has faced prolonged arbitrary detention.

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  17. In , multiple female activists have been in prison without charges: Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef, Eman al-Nafjan, Nouf Abdelaziz, Mayaa al-Zahrani, Samar Badawi, Nassima al-Saada, Hatoon al-Fassi, Shadan al-Onezi, and Amal al-Harbi.

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  18. Since it’s , I want to highlight a tiny fraction of the countless number of women & girls held behind bars unjustly. The repressive governments detaining them are just SOME of the governments around the world that lock up women for exercising their fundamental freedoms...

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  19. Mar 8

    I'm grateful for women's health champions like and . Thank you both for supporting the simple idea that — no matter who you are or where you live.

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  20. Honored to meet with White Helmets and pledge my continued support for their work. I look forward to passing the Caesar Civilian Protection Act to hold the Assad regime accountable for its actions.

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