Assad will read our silence, our unwillingness to act as a signal that he can use his weapons with impunity.
We need to send to Syria and to the world, to dictators and terrorists, to allies and civilians alike, the unmistakable ...
We are here because a dictator and his family's enterprise... unleashed an outrageous chemical attack against its own ci...
It did happen, and the Bashar al-Assad regime did it.
This is a vote for accountability, the norms and the laws of the civilized world.
If we don't take a stand here today, I guarantee you we are more likely to face far greater risks to our security.
I can tell you beyond a reasonable doubt the evidence proves that the Assad regime prepared this attack.
If the world's worst despots see that they can flout with impunity prohibitions against the world's worst weapons, then ...
We all agree there will be no American boots on the ground.
When someone kills hundreds of children with a weapon the world has banned, we all are responsible.
I do not want to see those images in the United States. And that is my grave concern.
Let me be clear, we are not asking America to go to war.
The President is asking only for the power to make certain that the United States of America means what we say.
I know Mike Rogers, in particular, in one conversation, talked about, you know, the need to not have the display of your...
I think it would be helpful to you, as you were asking the question, because I am very concerned about the foundation of...
I think he felt very, very strongly that it was important for us to be in our strongest posture, that the United States ...
We saw what the Arab Spring has brought us, and it is not good.
We don't deserve to drag this into yet another Benghazi discussion when the real issue here is whether or not the Congre...
