Edward Markey actually said...

"Do you think it would be helpful if there was a larger U.S. presence in the other two countries given what has now happened in Liberia, that if we ramped up a larger U.S. presence in the other two cou..."

"Thank you for having this very important hearing."

"That is what the American people want. They want a diplomatic resolution of this issue amongst the people who live in both Iraq and in Syria and the surrounding countries."

"I never contemplated that it would authorize 2.5 million American military personnel to go to Iraq and Afghanistan."