Jul 19, 2011
Mr. Speaker, under the ATF's Operation Fast and Furious, straw purchasers bought and sold guns to Mexican drug cartels while the ATF watched. It is hard to understand why the ATF is complicit in the drug smuggling business. Maybe the…
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.
Congressional Record · 2011-07-19
Jul 12, 2011
Mr. Speaker, over the weekend John Wesley Nero got into an argument with his mother and his grandmother. So, being a scoundrel, he beat them both up and then fled into the darkness of the night. Local Beaumont, Texas, police officers…
Jul 12, 2011
Madam Speaker, we are worse off now than we were in 2008. The country is suffering through an economic recession with more long-term unemployment than during the Great Depression. The economy was in bad shape, but this administration has…
Jul 11, 2011
I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, energy efficiency is a good idea. Mandated by the Federal Government under this legislation that we're currently serving under, it is preventing competition. The Federal Government is…
Jul 8, 2011
Mr. Speaker, the very notion of freedom of expression was recently on trial in the Netherlands. The popular Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders was charged with discrimination and incitement of hatred after he made a movie depicting Islamic…
Jul 7, 2011
Mr. Chairman, the President says we have gone to war in the name of humanity. In other words, the President's little war in Libya is so that we can preserve humanity in Libya. In the history of peoples, as the gentleman from California has…
Jul 7, 2011
Mr. Speaker, freedom of speech, the free exercise of religion, two of our most important, fundamental principles that this Nation was founded upon, have recently become under attack by none other than this Federal Government. The…
Jul 6, 2011
Mr. Chairman, I'll be brief. I had my argument on the other $1 billion that I asked to be deducted from the reimbursement account to be sent to the spending reduction account. This is a separate fund that also gives money to Pakistan, over…
Jul 6, 2011
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 137, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000,000)''. Page 161, line 12, after the dollar…
Jul 6, 2011
Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 128, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000,000)''. Page 129, line 1, after…
Jul 6, 2011
Mr. Chairman, this amendment deals with the money that we give Pakistan. It specifically deals with the reimbursement account that the United States pays for the war on terror to reimburse Pakistan for the spending that they do and the…
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