Ted Poe actually said...

"It seems to me that China operates under two systems, legalized theft and just old-fashioned theft."

"I agree with the ranking member, Mr. Sherman, that we ought to look at the most favored nation status that we bequeathed on China."

"It's their legalized theft and their sort of old-fashioned stealing."

"I believe, like you, that deep down in our soul everybody in the whole world has this burning desire for freedom."