Robert Menendez actually said...

"We need to address the underlying and root causes of extremism and terrorism, whether it is civil unrest, lack of border controls, lack of socioeconomic opportunity in large parts of the Middle East a..."

"So your testimony, Mr. Olsen, was that this is a real threat to the United States..."

"Only by resolving the political conflicts there can we hope to remove ISIL from the picture permanently."

"And if we do not achieve that, there is a gap that feeds into the recruitment by extremist groups."