Robert Menendez actually said...

"We have not seen an authoritarian crackdown of this nature in our hemisphere in decades."

"If the United States is going to successfully diversify away from China we'll need to deepen our trading relationships with our neighbors in the Western Hemisphere."

"Do you believe that the United States needs to incorporate standards into future free trade agreements to safeguard against the deterioration of democratic governance and the proliferation of corrupti..."

"Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and the right type of partner with whom the U.S. can develop the high-standard, progressive trade policy this administration is looking for."