But they have missed two deadlines already.

Al-Qaeda is on the rise, not only, and other extremists, in Syria.

I think this committee in a bipartisan way has done everything it can to try to support and bolster things that the administration has at least tilted at publicly.

I could not be more disappointed that we are where we are.

What is it that we are expecting to do to change the equation on the ground in Syria now that it has become what it is?

You understand we have been hearing this for years now. And since we first began hearing this, I would guess 100,000 people have died since we first began hearing this.

We tried to help the administration by passing something here in this committee and we did so on a 15-3 vote to arm and really support the vetted opposition.

We need to keep pushing very hard.

Generally speaking, I just want to say it is kind of none of the above. I know there is limited activity that gets discussed in other settings.

I could not be more disappointed in where we are in Syria.

It is disappointing that we just continue to have really no policy, no policy in Syria, other than dealing with chemical weapons at a slow pace.

President Putin's game of Russian roulette has pointed the gun at the international community's head.