Ted Poe: “Programs that work, let's maybe keep them. Programs that are not working, let's get rid of them.”

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

Make no mistake about it, Iran wants to make Iraq a puppet state of Iran.

The State Department has released its annual country report on terrorism. Terrorist attacks are down worldwide, but there are still frustrating details that we must expose. The biggest frustration is that Pakistan, a so-called major…

It has been the honor of my life to serve in Congress. Today, I am reminded of why I came here in the first place. Thomas Jefferson said it quite well: ``We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all Men are created equal, that they…