Robert Menendez actually said...

"What more are we willing to do to help civil society in the hemisphere, to empower them to have the ability to try to perfect democracies in their countries?"

"So I hope we will change course and move more aggressively ahead on the areas that I see as concerns in terms of our democracy programs."

"We have pressed the Nicaraguan Government to invite credible domestic and international election observers."

"I'm hoping that the administration and the State Department will be more vigorously engaged in helping civil society."