Theodore Deutch actually said...

"Inaction here, I believe, will dramatically harm our national security by emboldening the vile Syrian regime, its terrorist proxies, and its Iranian patron."

"I believe we stand at a pivotal moment where Congress is either going to uphold its duty to protect our national security or we are going to retreat from our moral and strategic obligations."

"It is essential that the United States send an unequivocal message to Assad and to other brutal regimes around the world, especially Iran, that when the United States Congress, when the President, and..."

"I stand behind the President's request for limited and targeted strikes without U.S. troops on the ground against a regime that is guilty of heinous chemical weapons attacks on its own people."