Ted Yoho actually said...

"Well, and then you get somebody like Raul Castro, giving the demands when the sanctions can't--well, we will take the sanctions if you do this and this, and it just--it is ludicrous."

"A legacy of weakening America."

"I see the Venezuelan state as an extension of the Cuban state that has become stronger in their nature..."

"One terrible message that the new policy has just sent to Latin America, and the rest of the world, is that taking American hostages can be very rewarding as it has been for Cuba."