Robert Menendez actually said...

"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."

"Working together, we believe that we are at a pivotal point in our relationships with the Western Hemisphere."

"This was known to entities going back into the Bush administration."

"if we have the rules, the regulations, the laws, and even if we give...vigorous sanctions at the end of the day so that people get the message this is not simply the cost of doing business."