Robert Menendez actually said...

"If I do not want to see undocumented immigration in this country, there are push factors--people leave their countries for only two reasons: civil unrest or dire economic circumstances."

"I just do not get it, and that is why we create a void in which people like Chavez when he was alive ultimately filled the void."

"If we want to help governments stop transnational crime and narcotics trafficking, you have to give poor growers who have to sustain their families, alternative crops so that they are not growing coca..."

"We are all committed to strong American leadership, and the need has never been greater."