Robert Menendez actually said...

"We still have a stagnant middle class, which you referred to in your opening statement."

"That is a former congressional staffer."

"It seems to me fundamentally wrong that if people are eligible, that they are prevented from getting the health care while their eligibility is being determined."

"But the question is, if you come here and say we should reduce it from 12 to 7, and he is negotiating with countries saying we should retain it at 12, isn't that a fundamental flaw in our bargaining p..."