Robert Menendez actually said...

"It sounds a lot like Venezuela."

"I think many of our Latin American neighbors use the issue of Cuba to excuse the lack of democracy and human rights in many of their countries."

"I cannot allow a hearing go by in which we are largely in applause and have no concerns."

"The region will not, in my opinion, develop as it should without strengthening the rule of law and institutions because it will not be able to attract investment in order to build a more secure future..."