Robert Menendez actually said...

"I cannot allow a hearing go by in which we are largely in applause and have no concerns."

"The region will not, in my opinion, develop as it should without strengthening the rule of law and institutions because it will not be able to attract investment in order to build a more secure future..."

"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."