Ted Poe actually said...

"we need to send a clear message from the top of the government, from the President of the United States and the Secretary of State, that our relationship with China is going to change"

"China, who are these folks? Well, they are the people who steal our trade secrets. They steal our patents."

"They torture and they kill their own people."

"What happens in Afghanistan matters, of course, to us and to Central Asia."