Robert Menendez actually said...

"This threatens to become a full-blown institutional crisis with regional implications."

"Without U.S. leadership, the international community tends not to coalesce around active support for democracy in the hemisphere."

"Congress should insist that the President move the U.S. to a truly effective engagement with Iran, that extends to all issues between the two States."

"Congress has the power to insist, Mr. Chairman, that the U.S. not accept as legitimate an Iranian nuclear program having the capacities required to develop nuclear weapons."