Robert Menendez actually said...

"the pandemic exposed many of the region's weaknesses, including widening social inequalities, widespread informality, growing environmental risks, a gender-based violence epidemic, and weak healthcare..."

"the next decade in the hemisphere will be a turbulent one unless the United States, the international communities, and our partners in the region are strategic in addressing these increasingly complex..."

"the Administration's vaccine diplomacy and policy in the Western Hemisphere has been a failure."

"the decision to go into Iraq when we thought they had weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake of intelligence."