Ted Poe: “If we are in a situation right now where they won't give ground on any of these points that I have just raised, I think…”

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

I think they are not doing their job to fight terrorism because the terrorists come in from Pakistan into Afghanistan.

The First Amendment is first for a reason. It is the most important right we have as Americans and at the very core of who we are. Without the First Amendment, freedom of religion, free speech, freedom of the press, freedom in assembly…

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