Robert Menendez actually said...

"Given our committee's jurisdiction over the execution of U.S. foreign policy and the State Department in particular, it is fundamentally necessary that we receive testimony from the very administratio..."

"It seems to me that the full implications and details of the text should be publicly vetted before a vote."

"The reality is in the past we have had specific hearings on a specified AUMF to be marked up before we actually voted on it."

"An authorization for the use of military force is the single most significant vote a Member of Congress can take because it is about sending and committing our sons and daughters to war and to actions..."