Ted Poe: “Make no mistake about it, Iran wants to make Iraq a puppet state of Iran.”

I have had the privilege to serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee. My district stretches--or used to stretch--all the way to the Texas-Louisiana border, where the Speaker is from. Some say that is why I was on the Foreign Affairs…

The threat of terrorism remains a deadly challenge for us and our allies around the globe.

Thank you for chairing this committee for so many years. It has been a wonderful privilege to be here with you.

It has been the honor of my life to serve in Congress. Today, I am reminded of why I came here in the first place. Thomas Jefferson said it quite well: ``We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all Men are created equal, that they…