Ted Poe actually said...

"I would say that the purpose of sanctions--I don't think it worked, in all fairness. I don't think they stopped Russians from doing anything."

"I share my friend's frustration with U.S. foreign policy because even though I thought he asked the question very well about when do we support self-determination and when do we support a current gove..."

"It seems like the Russians--and I was in Ukraine with some other Members of Congress and saw first hand the people at Maidan and also saw the memorial to all that were killed by the old government--th..."

"I think, to coin a phrase, the proof is in the Putin and in this case it hasn't seemed to stop him at all in what he wants to do."