Ted Poe actually said...

"Would it seem to you that Mexico has the responsibility to protect their borders from illegal weapons coming in, just like we have the responsibility to keep drugs out of our country?"

"Isn't it true that there have been at least 100,000 members of the military that deserted and most of them took their weapons?"

"I see. Wouldn't you agree with the statement that we dance with the ones who brung us?"

"Of course profiling a person based on race is abhorrent to our system, but we must also deal with the reality of the problems that we have with illegals that have committed crimes in this country."