Ted Poe: “I thank the gentleman from Sugar Land, Texas, for his insightful words. You pointed out, Mr. Olson, that he spent 4…”

“I thank the gentleman from Sugar Land, Texas, for his insightful words. You pointed out, Mr. Olson, that he spent 4 years in a prisoner-of-war camp. During those 4 years, he didn't talk to another American for 4 years. He could tap on the wall to contact them in codes that they'd developed over the numerous years they'd all been in confinement. They tapped out the names of the other prisoners, the 374 other prisoners that had been in the Hanoi Hilton at one time. They all memorized the 11, the Alcatraz Gang, as they called themselves. They memorized those names because they all expected that they were going to escape and get back and be able to tell those families who had come into the camp. A remarkable story. I now yield to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Roger Williams.”