Robert Menendez actually said...

"If that is a new standard that a majority will can now be subverted by stopping a nominee in order to subvert the agency, then that is a dangerous slope."

"I certainly hope that the ideological opposition to the entity which received a majority vote in its creation by the Congress of the United States does not continue to be the opposition to someone who..."

"Will you work to follow through on this, if confirmed, and make sure that we get to the rule that is called for under the law?"

"I think American leadership on this issue is absolutely essential."