Ted Poe actually said...

"I hope, as we move forward as a Congress, we rein in the concept that it is okay to bruise the spirit of the Constitution in the name of national security."

"I hope we don't get to a point in this country in the name of national security that we infringe and bruise the Fourth Amendment."

"We go into your homes. We bruise the concept of rights all in the name of national security."

"I have been in the former Soviet Union when it was--we can't use this word anymore--Communistic. And I was there, and the actions of the citizens were constantly under surveillance by government."