Bob Menendez actually said...

"We are going to shove drugs up the gringos' noses."

"the cost of inaction is too great."

"the peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy, and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it."

"the U.S. has no interest in permitting free trade arrangements to bolster the security apparatuses of authoritarian regimes accused of committing crimes against humanity."