Robert Menendez actually said...

"The President already has statutory authority to act against ISIL, but a clear and formal expression of this Congress' backing at this moment in time would dispel doubt."

"We have an obligation to the families who are sending their children into harm's way to understand our goals."

"If we passed an ISIL-specific AUMF, would the administration have any objection to specifically saying that the ISIL AUMF supersedes any preceding authorization for the use of military force in this e..."

"We must learn from the tragic foreign policy mistakes of the past. We cannot afford to make them again."