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.
Jul 28, 2015
Then that would include everybody that doesn't agree with their specific religious doctrine. Is that correct or not?
Jul 27, 2015
I want to thank all of our witnesses. Excellent testimony. I wish we could go on for a longer time, and I appreciate your willingness to continue talking about this.
Jul 27, 2015
An armistice was signed 62 years ago today to signify the official end of the Korean war. It was July 27, 1953. This first conflict of the cold war occurred when communist North Korea invaded South Korea 3 years earlier. The defense of…
Jul 27, 2015
I have asked people on my Facebook page what they think about the Iranian deal. Here are a few of the 300 responses. Tammy says: Why were our hostages left out of the negotiation? Why even trust Iran at all to live up to the deal when they…
Jul 27, 2015
This is a dangerous gamble for us to make with U.S. national security, and it is not a gamble that I or any of us should be willing to take.
Jul 27, 2015
I have received numerous questions from people in Texas, and I will submit those for the record.
Jul 27, 2015
But regime change--I mean, I personally think the best hope for the world for safety, including in Iran, is for the people of Iran to have free elections and to let the people of Iran really decide who their government should be in a free…
Jul 27, 2015
Is the policy of the United States still that Iran will never have nuclear weapons?
Jul 27, 2015
She said she did 6 days ago. She said 6 days ago she seen it and reviewed it.
Jul 27, 2015
I don't think this is a clear-cut case at all that calls for absolute rejection and renunciation by the Congress of the United States.
Jul 23, 2015
It seems the Iranians are not the only ones we can't trust. Apparently, there are some secret side deals with Iran concerning inspections of their nukes. The administration conveniently withheld this from Congress. Susan Rice said: These…
Jul 22, 2015
The President has announced he has reached a nuclear deal with Iran. Some of my Texas constituents have contacted me because they are worried about this dangerous and irresponsible ``deal.'' Thomas Davis of Houston wrote, ``We must not…
Jul 22, 2015
Susan Rice says that there are some deals that she will let us--she says she will let us know about.
Jul 22, 2015
Are any of you aware of so-called secret side deals that we are just now learning about?
Jul 22, 2015
Is not the best hope and policy of the United States--should it not be that there should be a regime change in Iran, a peaceful regime change, free elections, and that would be the best, safest hope for the world and Iran is if they had a…
Jul 21, 2015
I want to thank Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel. Also, I want to thank the cosponsors of this legislation--as mentioned earlier, it is an equal number of Republicans and Democrats--but especially Brad Sherman and William Keating on…
Jul 21, 2015
A gunman with a heart fatally bent on mischief and with malice aforethought unleashed hell in Chattanooga last Thursday. The killer shot up an Armed Forces recruiting center and then drove to a Navy Reserve center and continued his…
Jul 21, 2015
The Iranian nuclear deal has been approved by the U.N. Security Council by a vote of 15-0. But wait. Isn't Congress supposed to vote on approval or disapproval to make it binding on America? Yes. But the administration, ignoring Congress'…
Jul 15, 2015
Thank you, Chairman Salmon, for working with our subcommittee to put together this important hearing about the U.S.-China 123 Agreement.
Jul 15, 2015
Proponents of the new agreement make the point that if this agreement is not renewed, the United States nuclear industry will face billions of dollars of lost revenue.
Jul 15, 2015
Your recommendation is when we design this 123 Agreement with China, we make sure the same rules that we requested and have with Russia are in this agreement.
Jul 15, 2015
Despite that, there are several concerns regarding the renewal of our nuclear cooperation with China.
Jul 15, 2015
We, of course, as patriotic Americans, want to make sure that our technology is only utilized for peaceful purposes.
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