Robert Menendez actually said...

"Oil sanctions by the U.S. Government would be a reward for the Caracas Government and its Cuban partners."

"the defining issue of current day Venezuela is the wholesale, state-sanctioned and amply documented violation of the human rights of those who oppose the government"

"Economic sanctions could well collapse an already staggering, imploding economy and cause great suffering to the Venezuelan people."

"I hope that this type of hearing will encourage the administration to do more for democracy, for human rights, for the promotion of fundamental freedoms in this hemisphere."