Eliot Engel actually said...

"How important is it for Congress to pass a new AUMF and what would be the consequences if we did not do so?"

"I was one of the few people who thought it was a good AUMF."

"Congress would reassert the important role we are empowered to play by the Constitution."

"By passing the new AUMF, our service members... would feel the full support of Congress."