Ted Poe: “Just a few weeks ago, this Chamber was filled with Members of the House of Representatives, and all of us stood up and…”

“Just a few weeks ago, this Chamber was filled with Members of the House of Representatives, and all of us stood up and raised our right hands, and we took an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is the same oath the President takes and that others take--the military. We do that for a lot of reasons, but the main reason is that, in this country, the Constitution is paramount to all other law. I agree with that philosophy. The Constitution, I think, is a marvelously written document, as well as the Declaration of Independence, which justified the reason for us to start our own country. Attached to the Constitution is what is commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights--rights to the people and prohibitions against government intruding on those rights. They call it the ``Bill of Rights.'' There were originally 12, and 10 of them passed. That is why we have 10 instead of 12 under the Bill of Rights. I would like to start and talk about only one of those rights. Since there are only 30 minutes, I am going to talk only about one of those, and it is the Fourth Amendment. Let's go through it together, Mr. Speaker. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S.…”