"Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war. Congress has not done so against the Syrian Government."
"I do not want to hear again that we are battling today's war with last--the last war's equipment."
"It is simple, however, what the Constitution requires."
"The launch of 59 missiles against Syria by Trump last year was illegal, and did not meet any of those criteria in the War Powers Resolution."
"I think it's really important as you're looking at communication and preparedness and response that, A, the public knows and understands the reality of the seriousness of the threat."
"when our country has been attacked by a foreign nation state, all of this seems like far too many layers for our residents to be notified that we are under attack, especially those, in the instance of..."
"this is a much bigger issue than just Hawaii, and it's something that the entire country has to deal with and the Federal Government needs to take the lead on."
"why shouldn't the DoD be responsible for sending out the notification, especially given with the existing notification system, State and local governments already have the authority to send out these ..."
"I would describe that as benign neglect."
"we really need to shore up our capability, diplomatic capabilities."
"Thank you both for being here."