Bob Menendez actually said...

"I am appalled that you have completely zeroed out--zeroed out--the democracy assistance account."

"If this is a core value of our foreign policy, then ultimately zeroing out its account does not speak to that core value."

"They have done plenty already that they should be responded to."

"A budget is a statement of values. And the administration has put forth a budget for the State Department that I do not think shares American values."