This bill today was just something to remind everybody that we should be debating things like war and peace, and we should be following the Constitution and authorizing war if that's what we're going to end up doing.

We should be having a robust conversation. We should be talking about authorization of military force.

It's offensive. I don't know what else to say about it.

I need authorization from Congress. And that's just the Constitution. That's not something new that we made up.

What he just said right now is factually incorrect. The president always has the right to act in self-defense. The president always has the right to act when he sees fit as long as he notifies us afterwards within 48 hours.

I made this decision out of principle and out of the duty to protect and defend the constitution. I feel that in my bones, and I will stick to that regardless of what it does to me politically because this is bigger than politics.

The thing that was different for me is this very, very basic idea that the President of the United States would reach out to a foreign power and ask for an investigation for personal political gain.

He asked a foreigner to help investigate a political rival. He used the power of his office. And not for the national security interests, which is totally normal... but this is for personal gain. It was for him. And that's what a king…

The thing that was different for me is this very, very basic idea that the President of the United States would reach out to a foreign power and ask for investigation for personal, political gain.

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the American handshake has to mean something and that when we shook hands with the Kurds we gave them the commitment

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I have no more speakers, and I am prepared to close after the gentleman from Louisiana closes. I reserve the balance of my time.

I have no more speakers, and I am prepared to close after the gentleman from Louisiana closes.

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I actually think personally there is a group of us who think it goes deeper than that, that we just don't have a doctrine of innovation at the Department.

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I am offended for the public, because, again, right up against an anniversary, to not be able to hear from the leadership of the Cabinet on where we are on counter-terrorism threats is just nuts.

I certainly wouldn't have bet on it when I was on New York on September 11, 2001.