Ted Poe: “I thank the gentleman from Texas. I now yield to the gentleman from Round Rock, Texas, Judge John Carter.”

U.S. goodwill reflects our shared value that all people deserve opportunities to reach their fullest potential and to promote the common good.

The people of Iran have taken to the streets and continue to protest against the illegitimate regime of the Ayatollah and the mullahs. These protests have taken place in numerous cities now for 1 year. The people protest the war-mongering…

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.

It is the final showdown scene, and while there are no swinging doors or clicking of spurs, eerie signs and sounds of silence or dust swirling behind me, I stand here today in the people's House to speak probably for the last time. If they…