Robert Menendez actually said...

"I am concerned when I see Malaysia, for example, that there is no way that anybody is going to convince me that they deserve to be upgraded."

"I cannot imagine why we would not begin to include slavery as one of those conditionalities that we really think about."

"I appreciate Senator Cardin working to make sure that the TIP Report...needs to be inviolate."

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you to our panelists. I got to read your testimony when I was sitting in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with Secretary Kerry."