Ted Poe

“And that's just the way it is.”

“The first duty of government is to protect the people, not run their lives.”

“The law is the law. The law is not a pickup truck. It's not a buffet. You can't just go in and pick what you want.”

“Foreign aid is taking money from poor people in a rich country and giving it to rich people in a poor country.”

“We should not be nation-building. We should be killing terrorists.”

“Freedom is not a gift from government. Freedom is a gift from God.”

“The border is a gateway for many things, and it is a sieve. It is a sieve. And we need to get it under control.”

“I've been a judge for 22 years, and I've seen a lot of injustice. I've seen the system fail people.”

“So I have come to the conclusion that the U.S. must go on the offensive against radical Islam.”

“The House of Representatives is the people's house. It's where the people's business should be done.”

“The victims' rights are enshrined in our Constitution, and they are something that we have to be vigilant about protecting.”