Ted Poe: “This specific issue of the Guantanamo Naval Base takes an Act of Congress.”

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.

I think the country is better because of your leadership over the last 6 years.

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

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