Bob Menendez

That is the most unresponsive set of answers that I have had from someone before this committee.

It is not simply money that flows into a country. It is what it goes to and what it is that it funds.

Do you believe that cutting off programs that support economic development and the rule of law reform is in the national security interests of the United States?

Well, then if you believe that, cutting off aid to them would not be a good thing.

Do you believe that cutting off aid to countries in the Northern Triangle would ultimately benefit the United States?

This committee must do its job.

That is 20,000 too many.

Well, you are not doing that when you do not disclose.

Who are you trying to protect? Who are you trying to protect: hardworking American families or big banks?

Jennifer Haskell and her team have repeatedly pressed the DRC Government on the importance of holding credible elections in December 2018 and a subsequent peaceful, democratic transfer of power.

I was unavailable for rollcall vote No. 112, on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Robert Earl Wier, of Kentucky, to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Had I been present, I would have…

If we are going to allow countries that are sanctioned because we believe in the sanctions policy, and they want to get off the hook because there is some other benefit, well, then we begin to erode the sanction policies

The administration has ignored the will of Congress and the CAATSA law by not imposing sanctions under the new mandatory provisions of the law.

Until the President publicly declares that Russia interfered in our election and lays out a clear strategy to counter Russian aggression, questions will remain about his commitment to promoting the U.S. national security interests…

This was President Trump's decision. He walked away and, from my perspective, my only observation is, likely because he maybe finally came to the conclusion that the challenges that dawn on him of the full nature of the negotiations with…

It seems to me that there is an effort here to create alternative facts in which North Korea walked away.

And since I believe in democracy and not coups, I will not ask for unanimous consent to do something I want to do.

Let me ask you this. In your confirmation hearing, you noted that Russian bad behavior is the driver behind the currently acrimonious bilateral relationship.

I think the American team is fully prepared. I think we are rocking. I think we are ready.

And, to be truly, completely verifiable and irreversible, any agreement with North Korea should be permanent in nature, with no sunsets on its provisions?

Does any deal have to include an agreement that North Korea continue its current ballistic missile test suspension, including any space launches?

Would any deal have to include agreement that North Korea put forward a full, complete, and verifiable declaration of all its nuclear activities?

Do you believe that any deal must include an agreement that North Korea must end the production and enrichment of uranium and plutonium for military programs?

The administration takes alarming steps to erase the importance of core American values

We are fortunate that our President values and understands the power of diplomacy and knows that we must use every tool in the diplomatic toolkit.