Ted Poe actually said...

"I think the United States--Congress obviously has shown a strong support, bipartisan support for the Nation of Israel, and I think we should continue to send that message."

"I believe this resolution has to be resolved between the Palestinians and the Israelis. They have to solve this issue, not the U.N."

"For every dollar handed out we will be able to ask, How does this further the interest of the United States?"

"In my opinion the foreign aid process is a mess. Fifty years after a Foreign Aid Authorization Act the process is still what President Kennedy called bureaucratic, fragmented, awkward, and slow."