Edward Markey actually said...

the President's bombastic words could turn into nuclear reality.

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 dest...

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