Robert Menendez actually said...

"I do not believe that strengthens us. It does not strengthen our position at all, and these negotiations are going on right now."

"new sanctions at this time are both unnecessary and, far from enhancing the prospect of negotiations, risk fatally undermining our diplomacy"

"The more I hear from the administration and its quotes, the more it sounds like talking points that come straight out of Tehran."

"New sanctions would undermine the prospects for a successful comprehensive nuclear agreement with Iran."