My concern is about open-ended authority to the executive to wage war and send our people into harm's way.
I have only been here 5 months, but this is the most astounding and the most astoundingly disturbing hearing that I have...
I want to know how to, as I said, breathe life into it.
What I am saying is we may need new authority, but if you expand this to the extent that you have, it is meaningless.
You guys have essentially rewritten the Constitution here today.
I guess the definition proves too much because it basically is unlimited.
I am just concerned that reading essentially vitiates the congressional power to declare war.
Senator McCain was absolutely right. It refers to the people who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist ...
The President has authority to put boots-on-the-ground in Yemen or the Congo under this Act.
I have a feeling now that we are having a somewhat similar experience of it will never happen again.
So this is another area where we have to work together.