"I sent a letter to the President noting the constitutional role of Congress in such decisions."
"I am not saying that I would, or would not, support greater involvement but that he should not do so in such a way as to clearly avoid Congress' role."
"I hope today that our panelists will help us understand where the President is headed on Syria policy."
"We had a fairly extensive Armed Services hearing this morning with General Breedlove, who is the incoming European Command and NATO Supreme Commander nominee."
"We are facing what amounts to being both a humanitarian crisis but we are also facing increasingly a crisis and a threat that takes on a national security character to it."
"The idealists always felt that the only time you should intervene internationally... is when there is a strong humanitarian, moral need to do so."
"You do not intervene because of moral reasons. You intervene because of very concrete, tactical interests or tangible interests."
"Sri will be the first South Asian American ever to be nominated to the United States Court of Appeals."
"I care deeply about judges. Deeply about judges."
"Sri Srinivasan is extremely well qualified."
"They want us to come together around fair solutions that work for the middle class, help our economy grow, and tackle our deficit and debt responsibly."
"The Senate budget that we passed invests in jobs and economic growth, tackles our deficit and debt fairly and responsibly."