Robert Menendez actually said...

"I would like to support a country that is making strides in a secular, more democratic direction--respecting the rights, for example, of Coptic Christians."

"I don't know how you get to bicommunal efforts if you don't have conversations and engage the Cypriot Government."

"I look at Congress's language, as it relates to the economic support funds for Cyprus, and find that they go to bicommunal projects aimed at reunification measures to reduce tensions and promote peace..."

"I appreciate your recognition of that. The problem is that what AID has been doing over time is taking from the Latin America accounts whenever it faces a challenge."