Bob Menendez actually said...

"do you believe that additional sanctions on Russia, in view of everything that has been ascertained, is, in fact, appropriate?"

"That's pretty amazing. You have built a career on ExxonMobil that you said afforded you the opportunity to engage regularly with world leaders, including Vladimir Putin in Russia."

"I do not think it is to disrupt American business. I think it is to disrupt the economies of those countries."

"Sanctions are one of the most effective diplomatic tools in our arsenal, one we rely on to avoid putting American lives at risk by engaging in traditional kinetic warfare."