Robert Menendez actually said...

"Will you provide this committee and members thereof with a timely, honest, and candid response to inquiries that are put to you?"

"I am pleased to hear there are efforts to increase staffing and restore some of the damage that was done."

"My job is going to be able to make sure people understand why diversity is important, and it has to be a part of everything that we do."

"I have, in my 26 years of doing foreign policy between the House and the Senate, had a real challenge with the State Department's lack of diversity."