Bob Menendez actually said...

"There is a direct connection between repressive actions domestically and adversarial actions abroad."

"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."

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

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