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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.
15-year-old Bianca struggled with insecurities and depression, so she turned to social media for comfort and companionship. She met a person named Ariel, to her later displeasure, but after he brought her to a seedy motel room and forced…
Once again, Americans' privacy is under attack, this time by the spying eyes of our own U.S. Government. And people across the U.S. are wondering what is this section 702 issue. Well, Mr. Speaker, section 702 is a provision of the Foreign…
North Korea released Otto Warmbier last week after 17 months of imprisonment and torture. Otto returned home in a coma, never again to speak or see his parents. Yesterday, he died--murdered, actually--from brain damage because of the…
we are not going to be providing weapons to countries like Pakistan that we are afraid will shoot down our own people.
we should be facilitating our support and our weapons systems to countries like Egypt that are fighting this threat to Western civilization.
We do a lot of good things, I think, this subcommittee and other Foreign Affairs subcommittees.
H.R. 535, the Taiwan Travel Act, would allow the President and Vice President, Foreign Minister, and Defense Minister to come here.
Last week, Cheniere Energy, headquartered in Houston, Texas, delivered its first liquified natural gas shipment out of the Sabine Pass terminal to northern Europe, to the Netherlands, and to Poland. This follows shipments to southern…
we won't allow high Taiwanese officials to set foot in this city, our Nation's capital, Washington, DC.
I personally think that the State Department should designate them as a sponsor of terror under Executive Order 13224.
Americans once thought that the horrors of human trafficking were a foreign problem. However, traffickers lurk all around us right here in America. Debbie's mother thought nothing of letting her young daughter meet a friend in front of…
I thank the gentleman for yielding me time and for his work on this very important resolution. Mr. Speaker, last month, as fans streamed out of a concert in Manchester, they were met by the worst kind of despicable treachery. A terrorist…
At dawn, in the hard cold rain of the choppy English Channel, thousands of men--boys, really--aboard landing craft assaulted the beaches in a place called Normandy, France. They were under brutal enemy gunfire and artillery shelling. That…
Nolan Bruder's younger sister believed that she could trust her big brother. So when this 19-year-old brother offered her marijuana ``dabs'' and the opportunity to get high, she accepted, trusting him. But with Nolan's pushing, she became…
I thank the gentlewoman for her comments. I also wanted to compliment her on her tenacious work of going after backpage.com and making that resource unavailable for those traffickers and those buyers. I want to commend her for that.
Tonight we have this Special Order, and we have several Members who are going to speak on this. The first Member who will speak is Representative Wagner. She has served in the House since 2013, and she has, herself, worked extensively on…
I appreciate the gentlewoman being here and making such powerful comments. I yield to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard). She is an Iraqi war veteran and a former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives. She is working…
Erdogan thinks he can bring his crackdown on basic rights to the United States.
How many minutes do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Texas has 8 minutes remaining.
I thank the gentlewoman for her strong comments. I know where she stands on the issue of victims of violence. Mr. Speaker, the 2-year anniversary of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act will be Monday. As a former judge and…
I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his comments, and now for his work on this issue of trafficking. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), another Ted here in Congress. Ted Yoho is serving Florida's…
I thank the gentlewoman from Hawaii for her work on this. As you can tell, this is a bipartisan effort. When we took this legislation 2 years ago and brought it to the House, there were 11 bills that came to the House of Representatives…
This coming Monday, May 29, marks the 2-year anniversary of the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, called the JVTA. Democrats and Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate worked together in a bipartisan manner to…
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