Robert Menendez actually said...

"I view my job is to speak to truth to power, and if power does not like to hear it, then I can be outranked clearly in the State Department, but I will speak that truth."

"There is an iron will to do what is right because of the individuals that I have met in trafficking cases. They do not have a voice. You Senators are their voice."

"I cannot understand when we are told carte blanche that in fact there are upgrades because they did the right thing."

"If Senator Isakson comes and vouches for you, it has an enormous weight."