Ted Poe: “Not agreeing to do business with them causes a void that is going to be filled by somebody else.”

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.

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

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

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