Ted Poe actually said...

"The United States has clearly failed to adequately condemn this violation or to speak out clearly and with conviction and courage on behalf of Meriam."

"The U.S. Government has been practically mute. Even after multiple activist organizations initiated petitions with hundreds of thousands of signatures, the U.S. Government's disinterest in the plight ..."

"He needs to go, the sooner the better."

"What has America done? Where is the courage in America to speak out for those who are suffering at the hands of dictators who refuse to recognize not an American right, but a human right?"