Robert Menendez actually said...

"I am convinced that if there was a reauthorization put on the floor, it would have a robust support, because it passed 99 to zero when it was authored."

"However, when a general license subverts the law, when a general license ultimately swallows up the Congressional intent, as in the case of Cuba..."

"the penalties that are set out in the Iran Sanctions Act are then referenced in a lot of these other [Iran sanctions] statutes I'm talking about, and that penalty structure is a very meaningful one."

"You do not check it. You accept an honor system. Yes, I am going under one of those 12 systems. Anybody can say that."