Ted Poe: “I believe we need--I'll try to keep it simple--more innovation, swifter patents, more jobs, and a whole lot less pirates…”

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.

We must not become complacent. We must continue to be vigilant until those ideologies that motivate violent extremism are cast into the dustbin of history.

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