Robert Menendez actually said...

"I hope that, at some point, we are just not going to keep giving time to the industry to do that, which I think they do not really want to do."

"When Americans had to be evacuated around the world at the start of the COVID pandemic, Consular Affairs officers worked day and night to help them get home."

"I want to start by saying we do appreciate the work that you and all of those who work with you do, often under incredibly demanding circumstances."

"I do not need to tell you that the current backlog has people waiting upwards of 3 months for their passports, not even including shipping time."