Robert Menendez actually said...

"I think there is a tendency to forget how incredibly pressing the need for action really is."

"These reforms cannot wait and that they are urgently needed now."

"Let me just quickly--there are some core reform provisions that I would like to get your comment on."

"I have a sense, however, that we have a reticence, when we have exhausted the carrots, not to use the stick, and that is problematic because carrots do not come in unlimited supplies."