Ted Poe: “I wanted to tap my foot and say amen to my friend, Mr. Keating, from Massachusetts, and his comments and his questions.”

I want to express my strong support for this legislation of which I am an original cosponsor. I was proud to work alongside Ranking Member Engel, Mr. Adam Smith, Mr. McCaul, and Representative Keating on this legislation. Around the globe…

Nord Stream II is energy blackmail. If completed, it will make our European allies more dependent on Russian gas to meet their energy needs. For three decades, Russia has used its abundant energy supplies to coerce European neighbors into…

For more than 7 years, the butcher of Syria has been slaughtering his own people. This relentless mass murderer has left half a million dead and millions others displaced. He has bombed, gassed, gunned down, and executed the Syrian people…

I would just hope that we would, our Government, the United States Government, would designate these two organizations as terrorist groups, proxies of Iran.