He grew up the son of Cuban immigrants in a tenement building in Union City and has risen to become one of 100 United States Senators. He is currently the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and served as Ranking Member in the 116th Congress. He has earned a national reputation for his international leadership in the Senate, which pairs with his long-time reputation as a fighter for New Jersey families who puts their economic security ahead of powerful special interests.
As someone who attended New Jersey’s public schools and relied on Pell Grants and federal student aid programs to become the first in his family to graduate from college, Bob knows firsthand that education opens doors. He will continue to fight to make educational opportunity a national priority and believes we must teach our children not only how to read and write, but also how to think and build a skill-set that will prepare them to thrive in the 21st-century economy.