I was alarmed that you were going to justify it with 9/11.

an important message of resolve to the American public and our troops that we stand behind them in their mission.

You count on being able to get the next NDAA passed and the next appropriations bill passed because you have confidence in your request, and you have confidence in Congress to take seriously the need to defend the United States. Is that…

The President, just like President Obama, believes he has the legal authority he needs under the 2001 AUMF to fight ISIS, al-Qaeda, and other terrorist groups, and I agree.

You cannot have the politicians running the war. You need a commander-in-chief, and that was a really good idea.

the Founding Fathers had a really good idea. They said, look, the first branch of government, the legislative branch should decide when we are going to war.

I do not think we can kill more than we create in the process, so ultimately there is going to have to be another way that involves some diplomacy, some discussion.

What happens when somebody knocks on the door of the Oval Office and says, Mr. President, North Korea has just launched, what do you want us to do?

We are more than a feedback loop. This is a constitutional power, and we should not be putting troops into harm's way.

Senator Flake and I have introduced an authorization for military action against ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban to replace 2001 and 2002.

The 2001 AUMF said the President is 'authorized to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on…

I would suggest that we do not, and our adversaries, our allies, and our troops need to know that we do.

Just passing an AUMF is not enough for me because it should be an AUMF that does give us some hope of someday coming to an end.

I think they have a significant responsibility to protect their campuses from violence.

What we have heard coming out of this White House has been shocking at times.

University administrators and public officials, particularly the President, must speak out forcefully against white nationalism and in support of the First Amendment.

This normalization of attacks based on how a person worships or who they are or where they come from seems to have somehow emboldened extremist hate groups.

the debate over free speech on college campuses is taking place against the backdrop of increased activity by a white nationalist movement that has been emboldened by President Trump's rhetoric