Robert Menendez actually said...

"Bangladesh is clearly a country of strategic importance to the United States."

"The United States has not taken sides or played favorites in who should lead the country."

"it strikes me that it is a crass political move to punish him in some way, but, sadly, to punish millions of innocent people who depend on that bank to survive."

"What is it we can do to convince the Prime Minister that this is wrong--wrong for her nation, unfair to this man, and inconsistent with a good relationship between the United States and Bangladesh?"