Edward Markey actually said...

"Nuclear weapons are for deterrence, not warfighting. Launching nuclear weapons first would be an unprecedented act of aggression and war."

"Absent a nuclear attack upon the United States or our allies, no one human being should have the power to unilaterally unleash the most destructive forces ever devised by humankind."

"the Founding Fathers believed that Congress has an integral role in any decision to start a war."

"there is, in your opinion, a constitutional responsibility for Members of Congress to have to have voted on that before such a nuclear war is commenced by the United States."