Cory Booker actually said...

"They have committed atrocities in support of the murderous regime of Bashar al-Assad."

"This is a moment and a challenge where this committee is particularly relevant in a way it has not been in the past decade."

"That we are not in a strong and persistent bipartisan way directly engaged in understanding this threat and pushing back on this threat concerns me gravely."

"I would say, at this point, it is unlikely that Assad goes."