Ted Poe actually said...

"I think we need to ship it because it will create tax revenues for this country and I think America can do it better than anybody else."

"If we are taking down the walls that we have that are right now up along our coast to exports whether it is LNG, crude oil, we are sending a pretty strong signal to those around the world that we are ..."

"We can't use oil or the petroleum products as a strategic diplomatic tool if we do not update our export oil policies."

"U.S. crude exports could also lower the price at the pump."