Robert Menendez actually said...

"But from my perspective, hope is not a national security strategy."

"What are we going to do with Russia because they have shown themselves, so they now think that military intervention, not only here, but in Syria, serves their aims."

"I personally have been an advocate, as I think the majority of this committee has, of providing lethal weapons to the Ukrainians--lethal defensive weapons to the Ukrainians."

"I personally believed that lethal defensive weapons should be considered for Ukraine."