Ted Poe

We must remember history. We must not abuse the Fourth Amendment. It is Congress' responsibility to protect the natural right of citizens' right of privacy. Get a warrant or don't make the search. And that is just the way it is…

Suzanne thought that Jason was the perfect boyfriend. He was protective, loving, and attentive. But after he moved in with Suzanne, she noticed his darker side. He became obsessive, jealous, and enraged. He began shoving and striking her…

Governments, militaries, and civilizations sometimes ignore history to justify their actions against individuals. A bit of history is important here. When the British controlled the Colonies, they heavily taxed the Colonies. Citizens had…

When Derrick Harper stood in front of a Pittsburgh judge a few months ago, it was clear the defendant was a special kind of evil person. For years, Harper and his crew of deviants ran the city's most brutal and ruthless sex trafficking…

I thank the chairman for this legislation. Mr. Speaker, Iran continues to be one of the two greatest threats to the United States' national security and to global security. The other, of course, is North Korea. It has become very clear…

Hezbollah is a terrorist organization, and wherever you look in the Middle East and you find trouble, you will find the IRGC and Hezbollah working together. These two agencies from Iran are the gestapo actors for the Iranian Ayatollah, and…

The saber-rattling rogue regime of North Korea should be back on the state sponsors of terrorism list, and here is why: This year, the North Korean regime kidnapped, tortured, and killed American citizen Otto Warmbier. In 2014, North Korea…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Chairman Goodlatte for bringing forth this legislation. Mr. Chair, I am a lawyer, like many of our members on the Judiciary Committee. I served as a prosecutor and as a judge, and we have a…

Hurricane Harvey ravaged the coast of Texas, hammering it with 50 inches of rain, massive flooding, and massive damage. After the rain stopped, the decision to release water from Addicks and Barker Reservoirs and Lake Conroe have left many…

But let's take the politics, the decisionmaking, and the credibility--or lack of credibility--of the Justice Department in settling cases on behalf of the United States people, and take it away from the Justice Department and put it where…

Officer Floyd East, Jr., of the Texas Tech Police Department recently responded to a routine student welfare check at the dormitory. Callers reported a 19-year-old individual named Hollis Daniels, who was acting erratically and potentially…

It is the seventh game of the American League Championship Series. After being down three games to two, the Astros, who dedicated their season to the people of Houston, had tied the ALCS three to three against the powerful New York…

Angie described Amherst College as her dream school. A vibrant American teenager, she couldn't wait to start her new life at the perfect college. Like all universities, Amherst painted itself in a positive light. It had a good reputation…

an unnecessary and completely unwarranted government intrusion

For years, Lynda could not bring herself to speak about her past turmoil and nightmares. Lynda is finally telling about her tortured life. When she was 16, two neighborhood boys drugged and sexually assaulted her. Highly drugged, the boys…

So he doesn't mean it when he says he wants to eliminate the United States from the face of the Earth?

We need to take these people serious when they say that they want to eliminate Israel and they want to eliminate the United States.

When the Iranians say, 'The Ayatollah says he wants to eliminate and destroy Israel,' do you believe that is rhetoric or do you believe that is the policy of Iran?

I think we are dealing in, like I said, irrational optimism if we think anything different.

Graduating from high school and going to college is an important goal for many, many American teenagers. College offers the promise of an education, new friends, and new experiences. When parents drop their children off at their new dorms…

The ayatollah has made it clear that it's his goal to destroy Israel and then destroy the United States by any means necessary.

I personally think that there are many reasons why the United States needs to be involved in the Middle East.

We have to figure out what more we can do with placing leverage back on the table in ways that we don't have right now.

I actually believe that the Iran nuclear deal is more so a blueprint for how Iran gets to a nuclear weapon than a blueprint for preventing them from having a nuclear weapon.

I would also suggest that we are propping up the wrong regime in Iran.