Menendez questions opponent's ethics
By KATIE JENNINGS 05/03/2018 06:11 PM EDT
Sen. Bob Menendez went on the offensive on Thursday, accusing his likely Republican opponent, a former pharmaceutical executive, of “unethical” actions, a week after Menendez himself was admonished by the Senate Ethics Committee over his relationship with Florida eye doctor Salomon Melgen.
Republican Bob Hugin, the former CEO of Summit-based Celgene Corp., had said Menendez should resign after the ethics panel issued its reprimand. Melgen and Menendez were co-defendants in a federal corruption trial that ended in a hung jury late last year.
“I am not resigning,” Menendez said at an event in Edison. “If anything, Bob Hugin should search his conscience about what he did to cancer patients under his leadership at Celgene."
The event, at an assisted living facility, was billed as a joint effort by Menendez and Rep. Frank Pallone to reiterate their support for two bills — the CREATES Act, S. 974 (115), and SPIKE Act, S. 1348 (115) — which are aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, boosting the availability of generics and increasing price transparency.
https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2018/05/03/menendez-questions-opponents-ethics-400184