"I will not support sending our military into harm's way with their arms tied behind their backs."
"To continue these releases just as we have had to open a new front in the war on terror is unwise."
"This threat exists, and we have to confront it, and every time a decision comes up, I really think a lot of the opposition is we just don't want to have to deal with it."
"Their ideology is clearly a threat."
"The strongest argument that Al Qaeda and ISIL have to present to the people they want to join them is that they are protecting Islam against Western aggression."
"To win this fight, we have got to find partners, Muslim partners--in the case of ISIL, preferably Sunni partners--to work with to fight them."
"That is why I think the train-and-equip mission makes so much sense, and it was a bit frustrating yesterday to listen to people who are concerned about it."
"We have seen the Kurds, who were a broken force until we showed up, provided some arms and trained them, and they have now turned the tide."
"Now we have a new Iraqi Government that is at least trying, initially, a power-sharing arrangement that can bring some of the Sunnis in."
"We have got to be smart about how we build local support to confront ISIL, but make no mistake about it, they are a threat."
"This legislation would require Congress to authorize any expansion of a national wildlife refuge, doing away with a century of conservation precedent."
"This bill would be detrimental to our Nation."