Robert Menendez actually said...

Malaysia got what they wanted. They got to Tier 2, which just happens to allow them to continue TPP negotiations.

So simply offering amendments before they ever passed, before they are introduced, before they become part of the law, even before implement...

It seems to me that it at least confidentially should be transmitted to Congress to understand the deliberations that took place.

Any upgrade at this juncture would thus be a hollow victory of form over substance.