Ted Poe: “I personally think that there are many reasons why the United States needs to be involved in the Middle East.”

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

I think we are in for a long duration of Iranian terrorist activities throughout the world.

Well, I think they should be listed. I think we are having some problems with our representation of the U.S. in Baghdad, though, and how they are cozy up to Iranian proxies.

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