Robert Menendez actually said...

"I believe that Russia maintains control by one means or another over the autonomous regions, which it seeks to fortify in one way or another."

"I have strongly supported and have said in my visits to Ukraine, as well as those who have visited from Ukraine to the United States, that there is a need to continue vigorously on the path to reform ..."

"I look forward to working with you and the committee to make it happen, not for diversity's sake alone, but for what it brings to our foreign diplomacy."

"In the absence of it, we basically allow the State Department, with all their good intentions, to decide what is the course without congressional direction and oversight."