Bob Menendez

Nice. It is a real concern. It is one of the many ill- defined parts of the legislation, especially when you have 7 unelected members ultimately having the fate of 3.5 million people in their hands. You worry about provisions of the bill…

My understanding from the Parliamentarian is I cannot do that and preserve the right to the floor. Otherwise, I would be happy to do that.

No, the Senator is right. Not only is it $370 million, but the legislation specifically says Puerto Rico must have a dedicated source of funding. We know what this means in this institution, a dedicated source of funding. That means a…

Absolutely. The Senator from Vermont is right. I have called this legislation the ultimate neocolonialism we as a Congress would be passing. It treats the citizens of Puerto Rico like subjects, not citizens. It doesn't allow them to have a…

So here is my problem. The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Mr. de Mistura, said last week that he hoped that the Syrian peace talks would resume in July but only if the security and humanitarian situation on the ground showed clear…

And that is, in essence, the administration's hope. That is its policy. Right?

I assume that the administration's view is that the peace talks are our best avenue towards a solution. Is that a fair statement?

So your answer is yes. Your answer is yes. We believe that the Iraqis, through all of their combined forces, once cleared, will be able to maintain those territories on their own and be able to make sure that ISIL does not recapture any…

I think is a good thing that the State Department allows that type of dissent to take place, and certainly we do not want to do anything to stifle that.

Should we not be looking at safe zones, no-fly zones, other elements of trying to create the basis for the aspirational peace talks to take place?

The sooner we exhibit that steely determination, the better off we will collectively be.

But that is not present right now.

Only five are meeting or exceeding the 2 percent GDP defense spending for support of the Alliance, which leaves the United States spending about 75 percent of the military spending for all NATO members.

Public support expressed through its elected representatives is the best message that we can send as Russia attempts to erode the support or the Alliance.

All NATO members must fulfill their budgetary commitments to dedicate 2 percent of their GDP to defense.

It is important to take a moment and remind ourselves why they are important and why they exist.

I hope that remain wins and that Great Britain remains part of EU.

There is not a single President who is either African American or someone like me, Latino. That is fundamentally wrong.

The overwhelming majority would be taking a haircut that, as proposed by Mr. Trump, would ultimately mean U.S. citizens, State and local governments, and that is pretty outrageous.

Saying that you should take a haircut, does it actually mean--it means a default because you are not paying the full amount.

I cannot imagine anything constructive that they would be willing to work with us on under the existing government.

Then in countries like Venezuela and others, this is not unique to them, where they are operating in a way for which there is significant operations in transnational crime, then we must find other ways, if we cannot induce them to…

I absolutely think it should be driven by pursuing our own national security interests and projecting our own values.

I only ask perfectly legitimate questions.

How is your office implementing the report language to the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 that I authored with Senator Hatch to raise the enforcement priority for counterfeit products