Robert Menendez actually said...

"Latin America obviously is a region of strategic importance to our country, and a prosperous and democratic and stable Western Hemisphere is crucial to our own safety and our own prosperity."

"An American foreign aid program or trade agreement is a seal of approval."

"I urge the administration to take even bolder steps to consolidate our relations with similar democratic nations in the region."

"the Ortega government, which has joined with its ALPA partners to consistently criticize the United States and regularly abuses the democratic process to advance its own agenda at the expense of the N..."