Congressman Rob Menendez represents New Jersey’s Eighth Congressional District, where he grew up. The district covers most of Hudson County, the East and North Wards of Newark, and the City of Elizabeth. He was first sworn in on January 3, 2023. He was raised in Union City, the grandson of Cuban immigrants and union members.

He was born in Englewood, N.J., in 1985. He earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008 and his J.D. from Rutgers Law School in 2011. An attorney, he worked at the national law firm Lowenstein Sandler before entering Congress.

Before his election, he served as a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the first Latino from New Jersey and the first millennial in that role. He chaired its Governance and Ethics Committee and sat on its Finance Committee.

In Congress, he serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and its subcommittees on Energy, Environment, and Communications and Technology. He is Vice Chair of Policy for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and a leader on immigration reform. He lives in Jersey City with his wife, Alex, and their two children.