Ted Poe actually said...

"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 do believe we ought to help Europe economically, and it is one way we need to--we can help this crisis is if we give the Europeans--not just Ukraine but Europeans an alternative to Gazprom."

"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."

"It has taken 5 years for the State Department to reach a verdict on this treaty, in my opinion."