Ted Poe actually said...

"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 would say that the purpose of sanctions--I don't think it worked, in all fairness. I don't think they stopped Russians from doing anything."

"It looks to me like they are moving into the eastern part of Ukraine."

"In my opinion, the Russians are not our allies. They are not our friends and we certainly can't take them for their word."