Robert Menendez actually said...

"it has a national security imperative"

"program reforms are not going to fix our transit systems alone if we are not willing to make the necessary investments"

"Well, I agree you need the right standards. But even when we have had standards that some of us might agree to, we have not had the enforcement mechanisms that actually pursue it."

"I think a barrier to trade is also the inability to enforce the provisions of our trade agreements, which I think have sadly not gone in the direction that I would like to see."