Ted Poe actually said...

"The United States views him, I think in his official policy, the President has stated it many times that he has no legitimacy, and he should step aside in favor of a new national unity transition gove..."

"So, if we gave them a mandate to say who is responsible, and they said Assad was responsible, then technically the U.N. could weigh in on this?"

"There are no tactics for making that happen."

"We can enable them to stay safely in their own country, and curb these obscene breaches of humanity."