Edward Markey actually said...

I have been an advocate for increased cooperation with our security partners in the gulf with a particular emphasis on defensive systems.

I think it is time for us to stand up and demand from Saudi and others a diplomatic resolution of this issue in a telescoped time frame.

I fear that our failure to strongly advocate diplomacy in Yemen over the past 2 years... may put the viability of this critical partnership ...

If the Yemen war grinds on... we could continue to have indiscriminate targeting and an overly broad Saudi naval operation that obstructs hu...