Ted Poe actually said...

"To our mind, to our--the Foundation's view is that to locate a national memorial to World War I off the National Mall... would send a message that somehow we honor the sacrifice and service of those v..."

"One of his desires before he died... was to see a memorial for all of the World War I troops that served in that Great War."

"In fact, many people don't even know anything about World War I."

"We should mark the fact that it was built and paid for by school children in the District of Columbia, and not dishonor it, but embolden it to include everyone who served in the great World War I."