My preference would be to repeal or replace all the AUMFs with a new, more limited authorization scoped to the terror threats that we face today.

The U.S. must encourage and support these activities in the South China Sea.

I do think operations like the 2022 strike against Al Qaeda's leader in 9/11, plotter Ayman al-Zawahiri, should be authorized by Congress.

I voted for that authorization. And though I carry the burden of that vote, not for 1 second do I regret it.

We need Congress to reassert its proper authority over the power to declare war under the Constitution.

The time to pass repeal and replace of the 2001 AUMF legislation is now long overdue.

Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress alone the authority to declare war, and I believe it is our most solemn power.

A repeal-and-replace bill should, however, retain the President's authority to target non-State actors that have the capability and intention to attack our homeland.

The People's Republic of China is actively destabilizing the Indo-Pacific region through its nefarious activities on the high seas.

If the Republican Majority follows through on its threats to shut down the Government, these workers will be forced to work without pay, jeopardizing their ability to advance U.S. interests at home and abroad.

There is a national security imperative that the United States do the same, that we continue to engage with defense, diplomacy, and development.

I believe these actions are inconsistent with South Africa's proud tradition of nonalignment.