Bob Menendez

But the question is, if you come here and say we should reduce it from 12 to 7, and he is negotiating with countries saying we should retain it at 12, isn't that a fundamental flaw in our bargaining position?

It seems to me fundamentally wrong that if people are eligible, that they are prevented from getting the health care while their eligibility is being determined.

I have difficulty in understanding how the administration calls for a reduction in the patent protection for innovative, complex biologics from 12 years to 7.

Well, that is something that we would have a real problem with.

I strongly support these programs, and I hope the committee works to extend them as soon as possible.

I find it interesting that with $450 billion in tax avoidance and fraud occurring every year, some colleagues have focused solely on poor children and families.

So they can partially lie to you, but not fully lie.

We will not open an embassy unless we believe that the security outside the embassy is appropriate to protect our installation.

Would the State Department actually to agree to establish an embassy in Havana if all of our diplomats are not able to travel freely throughout Cuba?

So let us not deny that the Cuban Government is greatly enriched by all these resources, which is why it has been its number one foreign policy objective.

We can put any condition we want as a condition of sale.

Do you want the committee to believe the Cuban Government has never sponsored any act of terrorism over the last half century?

First of all, there is no election in 2018. It is a selection. There is no election.

I think the Nation needs to know under what conditions we are going to have or not have relationships.

You cannot have that. That is not good for the Cuban people. It is not good for America.

We have gotten nothing in return, but the Cubans have gotten plenty in return.

So, President Obama may have outstretched his hand, but the Castros still have their fists real tight.

Human rights abuses continue unabated with more than 1,600 cases of arbitrary political arrests this year alone, only 5 months into the year.

I have deep concerns that the more these talks progress, the more the administration continues to entertain unilateral concessions without in return getting agreement on fundamental issues that are in our national interests and those of…

Hope is not a policy achievement.

Not surprisingly, these numbers climbed dramatically in the ensuing months with more than 450 political arrests in February, more than 600 in March, more than 1,600 political arrests in total during the first 4 months of 2015.

I hope my colleagues who are so passionate... about democracy and human rights... are almost silent when it comes to Cuba.

You are taking Cuba off the terrorism list. Well, Joanne Chesimard on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Terrorists list...

That is not success. I do not get it.

And the purpose of your peaceful march is to protest the arrests of your sons or husbands who have been arrested simply because of their political views or statements or activities.