Robert Menendez actually said...

"Enabling Assad enables Putin, and stopping Assad hurts the Russian dictator."

"We continue to make clear to partners in the Middle East and beyond that we oppose efforts to normalize with the brutal dictator Bashar al-Assad."

"We believe there is a clear humanitarian imperative to maintain the UN cross-border mechanism, and that this view is shared by the majority of Council members."

"We remain absolutely committed to working relentlessly to bring home U.S. citizens wrongfully detained or held hostage in Syria."