"If it wasn’t for that boat and for that meeting place, the infrastructure bill might not have happened."
"I appreciate your articulated commitment to finding a way to craft an AUMF that is narrower, more specific, that has a clear process for adding territories or groups and that would include an end date..."
"It is important that the American people know this is a vote about a war that has long been over."
"It is my hope that we will proceed to take this important first step and repeal these two outdated and no longer relevant or necessary AUMFs."
"the difficulty of passing authorizations of military force is not an excuse to grant wholesale new powers to the Administration"
"If you want that kind of power on the books and you do not want to vote again... that is giving up a huge amount of power."
"I think Senator Romney is right that passing future AUMFs will be difficult, but for good reason."
"the American public often is much more skeptical about the commitment of U.S. forces abroad than this body is"
"I join Senator Kaufman in urging support for Mark Gitenstein, who I know will be a very capable and experienced Ambassador."
"you are going to have quite a challenge dealing with Turkey and trying to strike a balance between their dramatic backsliding on human rights and transparency and democracy."
"I know he will be even more successful with his amazing wife, Cheryl, by his side, and I look forward to supporting Senator Flake's nomination and encourage my colleagues to do so as well."