Bob Menendez actually said...

"I take a backseat to no one on pressing this administration on some of the worst things that I have seen happen in public as it relates to our country."

"Americans and the members of this committee deserve to know what the President and foreign autocrats are agreeing to behind closed doors."

"That is what history shows. That is what the world recognizes."

"I hope you will be, within the confines of the State Department and the administration, an advocate for funding in that regard because we are sorely lacking in this."