Ted Poe

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

Another GTMO terrorist has been released back into the world by this administration. Abdul Shalabi, a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, is now a free man thanks to our government. But this isn't the first time known terrorists have been…

I thank Chairman Goodlatte, Mr. Marino, and Mr. Smith for working on this important bill and bringing it to the House floor. Speeding up the regulatory process in the United States is an important issue in keeping America competitive. The…

Under the President's nuclear deal, the United States agreed to give the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism a billion-dollar oil boom. The United States will allow Iran to export its crude oil, but ironically, it still bans exports…

Where have we gone? Where is the moral compass of the United States? Do we want to continue the issue of taking body parts of babies and selling them on the open market and protecting that enterprise? Or do we want to back up and say, if…

Earlier this year, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter stunned Congress and the country when he admitted that the administration's $500 million program to train and equip so- called moderate Syrian rebels had resulted in the training of 60…

Soon Pope Francis will deliver a historical address to this Congress. During this year, he has addressed a form of genocide happening in the world. Globally, Christians are being imprisoned, tortured, and killed because they are…

Coptic Christians--the largest religious minority in Egypt and the largest Christian community in the Middle East--are constantly persecuted. In 2011, Ayman Nabil Labib went to school like he did every day. Ayman, like most Coptic…

I thank the chairman, the gentleman from California, for his leadership on this critical national security issue. Mr. Speaker, this Iranian deal promises peace--peace in our time--by guaranteeing a nuclear weaponized Iran in our children's…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Speaker, when I was home during the August break, I talked to a lot of folks. Many of them were fearful. They were fearful about national security. And it focused on the on deal, the Iranian deal that we are here…

There are five entities that have mischief and aggression on their minds--of course, ISIS, Iran, Russia, North Korea, and China. Recently, while the President preached climate change in Alaska, three Chinese combat ships got closer to the…

It is just horrific to think of rewarding people who have stolen property.

The Castro regime has proven time and time again that it will not pay its bills.

Socialism will exist until you run out of spending other people's money.

My concern is the exporting of rice. What is good for the United States? What is good for American businesses with this question?

I don't believe this is in the interest of the people of Cuba.

Friday, in the blistering heat of Houston, Texas, 11,000 people, including the Governor, attended the event; many more stood outside. The ceremony was broadcast live on all four local TV stations. Helicopters flew overhead. Peace officers…

Peace officers are really the last strand of wire in defense between the fox and the chickens. They are the ones that stand between the lawful and the lawless. They protect us from outlaws. Sometimes, they do so without much appreciation…

That is like putting 12 burglars on a jury for trying a burglar.

I think it is foolhardy that we would make a vote on such an important national security issue if we don't see the side deals.

The Ayatollah today tweeted: 'Israel will not see the next 25 years. There will be nothing as a Zionist regime by the next 25 years.'

The IRS targeted, intimidated, and harassed many Americans because of their political philosophy. The people are still waiting for answers about why their government is engaged in this Soviet-style behavior. First, 2 years of emails were…

The privacy of that individual is paramount to me, and I think the law, the Constitution, the right of privacy.

Then that would include everybody that doesn't agree with their specific religious doctrine. Is that correct or not?

How does ISIS justify sex trafficking?