Ted Poe: “Why are we surprised that the Russians are doing all of these things? We aren't surprised.”

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…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are in the midst of a situation in the United States, and throughout the world, where slavery has crept back into our environment and into our communities, and it is the slave trade of women and children for…

World War I ended 100 years ago. During the brutal, bloody war, thousands were killed in an area of France and Belgium called Flanders. ``In Flanders Fields,'' by John McCrae. In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on…

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