Disgraced former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Wednesday. Prosecutors had sought 15 years behind bars for Menendez, 71, who was convicted on more than a dozen political corruption charges last summer after a jury found he accepted bribes to perform professional favors for businessmen with ties to Egypt and Qatar.

Other than family, I have lost everything I ever cared about,” Menendez told the judge. “For someone who spent his entire life in public service, every day I’m awake is a punishment.”