Robert Menendez actually said...

"This is incredibly important to us."

"There clearly is a problem, based on the chart that you have given me here, with our recruitment efforts."

"If the Secretary fails to grant the waiver, is it your understanding that the United States would be obliged to vote against the loans and grants to Nicaragua at the IDB World Bank and IMF?"

"sometimes the United States is more interested in stability than it is in democracy."