Robert Menendez actually said...

"We must also be perfectly clear that a foreign power is acting openly in Venezuela, fueling the country's instability and economic and political crisis."

"I do not know how long I am personally willing to wait for those set of circumstances to continue without pursuing a more vigorous action such as the sanctions that several of us have called for."

"the scale of human rights violations in Venezuela, a report documenting human rights abuses far worse than I had anticipated."

"I strongly oppose and urge against any United States oil embargo of Venezuela."