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.

War should not be on autopilot. Congress owes our troops a clear commitment to the missions we are asking them to undertake.

Congress has to make the decision. Congress is in charge. There is no partnership. We make the decision. We take the vote.

The Taliban, for all of their counterproductive and backward policies and what they are doing today, did not warrant a proactive designation by Congress as an organization that the President is authorized to use military force against.

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

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.

It is simply not credible to exclude these extreme ongoing terror threats from a new counterterrorism AUMF.

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

If left unchecked, it will certainly impact us.

This legislation undermines the fundamental democratic principle of proportional representation.

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