Senate foreign relations chairman expects continued Menendez role

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Corker, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said on Wednesday he expected that Senator Bob Menendez would continue to play a constructive role on the committee despite being indicted. Menendez is the top Democrat, or ranking member, on the panel. "While I have no knowledge of the judicial matters at hand, I appreciate his bipartisan work on foreign relations issues and expect he will continue to play a constructive role," Corker said in a statement issued after Menendez was indicted in a corruption case earlier on Wednesday. (Reporting by Patricia Zengerle; Editing by Sandra Maler)