Robert Menendez actually said...

"I think we have to be clear-eyed and sober about Beijing's intentions and calibrate our policies and strategy accordingly."

"Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which I chair, voted out, in a bipartisan fashion, the Strategic Competition Act, 21 to 1--which is rare around here these days."

"The bill ensures the U.S.'s position to compete with China across all dimensions of national and international power for decades to come."

"Thank you. In recent history, when working on surface transportation reauthorizations, we have adhered to an 80/20 rule of 80 percent spending on highways, 20 percent goes to transit."