Bob Menendez: “I return to the floor because I can't let some of what has been said go unchallenged. First of all, as it relates to the…”

“I return to the floor because I can't let some of what has been said go unchallenged. First of all, as it relates to the majority leader, the issue of the connection that has been made between IMF reform and the C-4 investigation--the unlimited, undefined, not-known secret money that goes into these entities in elections--was not first raised by the majority leader. It was first raised by Senator Corker in an article. It was subsequently raised today on the floor by Senator McCain. So casting aspersions upon the majority leader and suggesting he is ultimately impugning the reputation of anyone is pretty outrageous when the Members of his own side of the aisle recognize that it was simply wrong to connect IMF reform and the ability to help Ukraine in the most powerful way now with some C-4 investigation. Secondly, only in Washington could someone have you believe that IMF reforms we are promoting means more power for Russia. Yes, we are rushing in this Chamber--John McCain and Bob Corker are rushing into this Chamber to give more power to Russia. Only in Washington could anybody believe that. Only in Washington could someone have you believe that our other colleagues on the committee who voted for the legislation to have IMF reform were actually voting--our Republican colleagues were voting--to give Russia more power so they could continue to oppress people. It stretches the incredulous nature of that argument.…”