Bob Menendez actually said...

"Although this hearing is not focused on the administration's proposed authorization for the use of military force against ISIL, it is by nature an opportunity to probe the dynamics of our current anti..."

"We want to fight ISIL. We want to give the President the wherewithal to degrade and deter them."

"I am looking beyond, so if we think an accommodation to fight ISIL is good, the aftermath of that in Iraq, in Syria, in Yemen, and elsewhere, in my view, is not so good."

"We cannot provide a blank check to this and a future President because everything that is envisioned goes beyond this President."