Robert Menendez actually said...

"would it not have the consequence of undermining the veracity of the TIP report in a way that other countries would say, 'Well, if it is--if I am important enough to the United States for trade or for..."

"It is pretty amazing to me that, when our colleagues in the Senate go to visit in Cuba, they do not visit with human rights activists, political dissidents, independent journalists."

"Malaysia is a very problematic case with intermingled issues of corruption and lack of protections for marginalized and migrant populations."

"We have got to break that idea, because, if, globally, the message we send is that, in order to meet the government officials of a country, that we cannot meet with human rights activists, political d..."