Robert Menendez actually said...

"The threat of sanctions, even though suspended during performance, but the threat of sanctions, is a significant deterrent toward breach in the future."

"You cannot have it both ways, Ambassador. Either it is significant or it is insignificant. Which one is it?"

"the sanctions that expire next year that Congress passed 99-0, at least in the Senate, and overwhelmingly in the House, that was signed by the administration."

"I would think, at a minimum, we would absolutely extend, at some point, the sanctions we have in place."