Robert Menendez actually said...

"You know, Mr. Ferrer, do--let me get this straight. Do you support, as one of the options in the plebiscite, the association--sovereignty in association with the United States?"

"I do not think that those who have citizenship want to give it up."

"this impossible proposal has been 'consistently opposed by federal authorities . . . on both constitutional and policy grounds.'"

"I don't believe Washington should have anything to say how you pray home, or anywhere else."