Robert Menendez actually said...

"Let me start off by thanking our witnesses for being here today and participating in this critical hearing."

"the release on compassionate grounds was deeply, deeply flawed, and perhaps even intentionally skewed to allow for Mr. al-Megrahi's release."

"We're absolutely--Mr. Chairman, evidenced by you and by Senator Gillibrand here and people from this committee--determined to find out."

"What irony it is that this man who took these lives and, without a thought about it, planned carefully, the court decided that this was his idea and his management that brought that airplane down."