Robert Menendez actually said...

"There is no question that one of our biggest foreign policy challenges is getting the relationship between the United States and China, and the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific, right."

"The bottom line is that there are reasons for hope, but there are also reasons for pessimism."

"Will China become a trade partner committed to the enforcement of international law, or will we see 19th-century mercantilist behavior and the flouting of international norms?"

"high levels of mortgage and other debt have caused consumers to defer expenses, cut back on other spending"