Robert Menendez actually said...

"I think that the Chinese have learned the Texas two-step very well."

"I always believe the starting point always has consequence, and I hear a lot about spending, which I agree is a challenge and something we need to tackle."

"So it was necessary."

"So raising the debt is a negative. And if I do that in a way in which I don't offset that, that would be a negative, would it not be?"