Ted Poe: “My understanding is they get their money from kidnapping, holding people for ransom...”

World War I ended 100 years ago. During the brutal, bloody war, thousands were killed in an area of France and Belgium called Flanders. ``In Flanders Fields,'' by John McCrae. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are in the midst of a situation in the United States, and throughout the world, where slavery has crept back into our environment and into our communities, and it is the slave trade of women and children for…

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

I think the country is better because of your leadership over the last 6 years.