Ted Poe: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, before I left Houston early this morning, I met with President Ma from…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, before I left Houston early this morning, I met with President Ma from Taiwan, and we had an interesting and wonderful discussion. Taiwan and the United States share a lot in common. Historically, during World War II, for example, all the way up until today, the United States has been a great partner with Taiwan so as to make sure that area of the world is free, that it is a democracy. It is a thriving democracy and the folks in Taiwan are proud of the fact of the relationship that they have with the United States. This is another way that we can help this thriving area, this thriving democracy, stay up to date on the world criminal gangs that are roaming throughout the world. Organized crime is an international crime now, Mr. Speaker, as you being a former judge would know. They are more sophisticated and they are more in-depth about how they promote their criminal syndicates throughout the world. Most importantly, it is international. Crime has now moved to sophistication beyond what it was when both the gentleman from Tennessee and I were practicing at the courthouse as judges. Why not help out this organization, this group of people--Taiwan, 20 million-plus individuals--so that it can keep up with the information and the intelligence about crime, which affects the whole world? It affects not only free societies, it affects societies that aren't so free. INTERPOL is the group.…”