Feb 1, 2006
Certainly. We bring in liquefied natural gas from the Middle East. It is converted and used in the United States. We need that process as well, but it makes a lot more common sense to use the resources we have, our own natural resources…
Ted Poe
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Ted Poe is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, serving Texas's 2nd congressional district from 2005 to 2019. Born on October 10, 1948, Poe is a former judge and prosecutor, bringing a legal background to his political career. During his time in Congress, he was known for his strong stance on issues such as national security, immigration, and crime. Poe was a member of the House Judiciary Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he advocated for various legislative measures related to these areas.
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Feb 1, 2006
I do not have the statistics either, but natural gas is even less of a pollutant than crude oil. Of course there is natural seepage with natural gas just as there is with crude oil from the bottom of the ocean. That is the way nature has…
Dec 18, 2005
one week from today is Christmas, and on Christmas in 1776, Americans were at war for freedom. General Washington and his colonials crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey and defeated the British who were caught celebrating. This…
Dec 17, 2005
history has shown that free peoples are willing to give up civil liberties or freedom in the name of security. Our forefathers knew this, so our Constitution protects us from government taking rights in the name of security. Mr. Speaker…
Dec 17, 2005
over the past year I have addressed many issues I have with the judgments handed down by the highest court of our country, the Supreme Court, right across the street. Recent rulings by the Supreme Court of the United States, particularly…
Dec 16, 2005
a National Guard unit is coming back to Texas, because tomorrow, Saturday, December 17, the First Battalion, 133rd field artillery will be welcomed back to Beaumont, Texas, after serving the past year in Iraq. In August 2004, the Texas…
Dec 14, 2005
in less than 24 hours, the Iraqi people will elect a permanent parliament that will govern their free nation for the next 4 years. They will stand tall against tyranny and watch democracy unfold before their eyes. Mr. Speaker, I went to…
Dec 13, 2005
on this day 2 years ago, United States soldiers found the king of tyranny, Saddam Hussein, hiding in a hole like a rat near Tikrit, Iraq. His trial recently started, and it is more public than some American trials because it is carried on…
Dec 8, 2005
the 9/11 Commission report concluded: ``Americans should not be exempt from carrying passports when they enter the United States, nor should Canadians or Mexicans. The 9/11 experience shows that terrorists study and exploit America's…
Dec 8, 2005
We started out in Fallujah that day. I was there with Mr. Shays. When the sun came up, we were wondering whether people would come to the polls. The whole nation was shut down to vehicular traffic. The only vehicles on the roads were Iraqi…
Dec 7, 2005
around breakfast time on a stunning Sunday sunrise, Luke Trahin, a 22-year-old sailor from Texas, noticed large formations of aircraft darkening the glistening sky. He kept watching it until suddenly bombs from the Japanese invaders…
Dec 7, 2005
Kenneth Lee Boyd committed a violent and vicious crime on the evening of March 4, 1988, in North Carolina. On that night, Boyd armed himself with a .357 Magnum pistol and committed cold-blooded murder against members of his very own…
Dec 6, 2005
the great General Douglas MacArthur of World War II once commented, ``I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world.'' Lance Corporal Robert ``Robbie'' Alexander…
Dec 6, 2005
when the American Revolution arrived, Thomas Paine published these words in ``The Crisis.'' In 1776 he talked about the Americans who go to war, the causes for which they fight, the conditions under which they wage war. He exhorted the…
Nov 18, 2005
Officer Brian Jackson loved his job. He had been a member of the Dallas Police Department since 2001. He moved to Dallas from his hometown in Rhode Island because he wanted to ``be a big city cop.'' But in the early morning hours of last…
Nov 17, 2005
When the First Lady of the Gulf, Katrina, unloaded her wrath on Louisiana and Mississippi, thousands of people fled to my home State of Texas. This evacuation brought in not only good folks but it brought in registered sex offenders to the…
Nov 16, 2005
when it comes to U.S. immigration policy, who is really in charge? Is it Mexico City or Washington, D.C.? On almost a daily basis, Mexican officials seem to interfere with the immigration matters and U.S. laws. Mexican officials on both…
Nov 16, 2005
southeast Texas has over 40,000 acres of rice fields. Until recently, the combined acreage of rice farms in the State of Texas was about 600,000 acres. That is bigger than the State of Rhode Island. Hometown rice farmers, like my friend…
Nov 15, 2005
when Kenneth Meyers was born in 1889, Teddy Roosevelt was charging up San Juan Hill, the airplane had not been invented, and electricity was a novelty. Kenneth Meyers, at 107, is the oldest surviving World War I veteran in Texas. There are…
Nov 10, 2005
the American veteran has fought in these conflicts: French and Indian war, War for Independence, the First Barbary War, the War of 1812, the Second Barbary War, War for Texas Independence, the War Between the States, the Indian Wars, the…
Nov 9, 2005
the out-of-touch notorious Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck again. They have created their own version of restrictions on parenting. These wayward judges rule that parents do not have a constitutional right to prevent a public…
Nov 9, 2005
it has been said that ``never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier,'' said by Zell Miller about the American fighting men. I rise today to…
Nov 8, 2005
when the howling winds and incessant rains of Hurricane Katrina came barreling ashore on the southeast Texas coast, the small coastal town of Sabine Pass was almost completely destroyed by destruction and devastation. School Superintendent…
Nov 8, 2005
on rollcall No. 573, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea.'' Stated against:
Nov 7, 2005
failure to integrate immigrants into a country's society is evident in the 11 days of rioting, looting, destruction, and lawlessness in France. With the 5 million Muslims in France, many of the youth feel disenfranchised and discriminated…
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