Ted Poe actually said...

I am deeply skeptical, as are my colleagues here on this committee, that any of this will ever change, no matter how skillful our negotiatio...

If you are our best friend, we are going to keep our thumb on you and control what we want.

His quest for aggression--aggression, I think that is the best way to call this activity--he wants influence back in areas that belonged to ...

That is his so-called legal justification for invading his neighbors.