"I would suggest maybe you want to look at something more specific than tampering with the system."
"The President has authority to put boots-on-the-ground in Yemen or the Congo under this Act."
"I am just concerned that reading essentially vitiates the congressional power to declare war."
"I guess the definition proves too much because it basically is unlimited."
"You guys have essentially rewritten the Constitution here today."
"What I am saying is we may need new authority, but if you expand this to the extent that you have, it is meaningless."
"I want to know how to, as I said, breathe life into it."
"I have only been here 5 months, but this is the most astounding and the most astoundingly disturbing hearing that I have been to since I have been here."
"My concern is about open-ended authority to the executive to wage war and send our people into harm's way."
"If the nature of al Qaeda core on September 11, 2001, does emerge, then by all means return to Congress and request a narrowly tailored authorization to use force to address that."
"I do not disagree that we need to fight terrorism, but we need to do it in a constitutionally sound way."