Robert Menendez actually said...

"Let me ask--and I'll open this to anyone on the panel--when does the citizen security threat become a national security threat?"

"Not to do so I think is unconscionable, given the sacrifices that Colombia has made to produce real progress in this area."

"It is no exaggeration to say that crime and violence abetted by organized crime constitute central threats to democratic governance in Central America."

"I just don't get how, when we are seeing a rising challenge... this is just one of those equations that just doesn't work."