Robert Menendez actually said...

"But from my perspective, hope is not a national security strategy."

"I personally have been an advocate, as I think the majority of this committee has, of providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainians--lethal defensive weapons to the Ukrainians."

"I personally believed that lethal defensive weapons should be considered for Ukraine."

"The Budapest Agreement where we gave Ukraine security assurances if they gave up their nuclear weapons that we would protect their territorial integrity, that has not worked out too well for them."