Robert Menendez actually said...

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

"The future of Venezuela belongs to the people of Venezuela. They must determine the direction of that country and what sort of system of government and economics they want."

"the primary responsibility for the excessive, unjustified use of force rests with the Maduro administration."

"No sanction imposed by the U.S. can cause more damage or be as politically destabilizing for the Venezuelan government as the sanctions that the Maduro administration and its Cuban handlers are curren..."