Eliot Engel actually said...

"But an approved, with a strong bipartisan vote of an improved AUMF preserves and strengthens America's strategic leadership and also puts Daesh on notice that its end is in sight."

"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."