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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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Oct 21, 2015

The court finds by clear and convincing evidence that Hezbollah carried out the rocket attacks that caused plaintiffs' injuries and that North Korea provided material support.

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Oct 21, 2015

It is kind of personal to me that his first target on that list, with his ICBM capability that he wants, was Austin, Texas.

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Oct 21, 2015

Don't we have the U.S. military that has Top Secret intelligence flying, you know, satellite data, U-2s, and everything else?

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Oct 21, 2015

Kim Jong-un had a press conference, apparently, some time ago. Maybe it was last year.

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Oct 21, 2015

Myself and Ms. Zoe Lofgren filed legislation to require any law enforcement agency, any government agency to obtain a warrant if e-mails are over 6 months old stored in a cloud.

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Oct 21, 2015

When North Korea was put on the state sponsor of terrorism list, and whatever the reasons were it was put on, which of those no longer apply today in 2015?

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Oct 9, 2015

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, the administration has worked very hard to make sure the export ban on crude oil from Iran is lifted. But the administration has threatened to veto this bill that would lift the crude oil…

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Oct 8, 2015

It would be unpopular. It would be against the law in our State.

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Oct 7, 2015

I want to apologize to you for the insinuation that you did something wrong by being a whistleblower.

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Oct 7, 2015

I resent that. I have four children, three daughters. I have 11 grand kids, 7 granddaughters.

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Oct 7, 2015

There are places in Texas that there are federally funded healthcare centers that aren't on Google Maps.

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Oct 7, 2015

What about those women? And I think they're women when they're harvested for their body parts.

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Oct 6, 2015

I thank the chairman for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, religious liberty is the first right in our Bill of Rights, and it is in the First Amendment. There are five rights in the First Amendment. Religious liberty is the first of those five…

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Oct 1, 2015

I thank Mr. Meehan for this legislation. Mr. Speaker, the Iranian ayatollah has preached and practiced ``Death to America'' since the 1970s. Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran has been sued in Federal courts by the families of the…

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Sep 30, 2015

On September 10, 2014, President Obama announced that the United States would ``degrade and ultimately destroy'' ISIS. ISIS has obviously not gotten the memo. This terrorist group keeps moving across the Middle East, killing those who…

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Sep 29, 2015

I have been disappointed that, due to the upheaval in Ukraine, more has not been achieved in implementing cooperation in this area.

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Sep 29, 2015

The future of America, Russia, and, yes, of Western civilization, depends on that.

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Sep 29, 2015

I think we need, I think the United States needs to cooperate with people who are going to help us defeat radical Islamic terrorism.

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Sep 29, 2015

The fight against violent, radical Islam is one of the major challenges of our time.

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Sep 29, 2015

The primary threat that emanates from that area is not whether Assad stays for a bit longer or is ousted now.

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Sep 29, 2015

Their barbaric actions in Syria remind us daily of their depravity.

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Sep 29, 2015

It seems plain to me that if we work together we will be better able to protect our people, stop attacks, and kill violent terrorists.

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Sep 29, 2015

As Congress works to defund the nation's largest abortion provider--Planned Parenthood, Following a number of undercover videos revealing potential baby part sales, It is only right that we allow states to defund abortion providers as…

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Sep 29, 2015

Our collective inability to stem this tide is both shocking and unnerving.

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Sep 29, 2015

The threat of Islamic extremism in Russia... the Russian Muslim minorities inside Russia are beginning to go that route.

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