Robert Menendez actually said...

"Economic sanctions could well collapse an already staggering, imploding economy and cause great suffering to the Venezuelan people."

"We can aggressively hold individual political and military figures responsible for promoting violence, condoning or committing human rights violations."

"The defining issue of current-day Venezuela is the wholesale, state-sanctioned, and amply documented violation of human rights of those who oppose the government."

"But is it not really unusual for us to basically sit and watch the situation in Venezuela continue to deteriorate to the great suffering of the people of Venezuela, not to mention suppression of all t..."