Ted Poe

I thank the ranking member and I thank the chairman, as well, for their comments. Mr. Chairman, the issue is not the American Community Survey. The issue is where we are going to get this money to bring this fund up to last year's level…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act…

I thank the gentleman for bringing up the American Community Survey and where it came from. That is irrelevant. The issue is Americans should not be required to give personal information to the Federal Government. If they want to fill out…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 7, line 8, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $17,300,000)''. Page 38, line 9, insert after…

Congress has made it clear that it will not stand for this new scourge that we are finding in our country of human sex trafficking. The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act passed the United States Senate 99-0, and it passed the House of…

I have a simple, straightforward amendment to protect the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. This is a very similar amendment that passed DOD Appropriations last year. I would like to thank Representatives Lofgren, Massie, Conyers…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

The rains came down and the floods came up. And although Texas did not receive Noah's 40 days and 40 nights of rain, the recent 10 days of rain were of Biblical proportions. The whole State received the incessant rain. And about the time…

I agree with you, terrorism is a bad situation that is taking place in the world and it is increasing.

So the other countries, the other 49 that we are giving some form of assistance to combat terrorism, the Bureau hasn't evaluated whether we are doing a good job with that assistance or it is not a good job.

We have done two out of 53?

The PATRIOT Act was designed to protect us from terrorists abroad. Now we have learned that section 215 of the PATRIOT Act has been abused by the NSA, and it is spying on Americans, taking metadata. But there is more. There is another law…

In the early morning hours of Monday, while most of the city was asleep, the diligent Houston Police Department responded to a robbery call at an Exxon service station. The lawmen approach the scene, and they see a suspect speed off in…

I have dedicated my life to ending human trafficking.

But that is too late. They have got a contract coming up now.

I thank the chairman for bringing this legislation promptly to the House floor today. Mr. Speaker, it was 155 years ago that this Nation debated in this Chamber several volatile issues, including slavery. After 600,000 Americans, both from…

Surely the United States needs to have a dialogue regarding international foreign relations.

When I first introduced the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 1998, the legislation was met with a wall of skepticism and outright opposition.

Shouldn't we be more forthright as the United States?

It seems to concern a lot of people, this is just my opinion, that Hungary's major party is center right.

Air Tractor has been using EXIM for 20 years. Has never filed a claim for money from the Bank.

Is the United States interfering in domestic politics?

My concern is that the United States is trying to get another country, an ally, a friend, close friend, to have democracy in our image.

I thank the chairman for yielding, and I want the chairman to know that I support the amendment en bloc, and I support the bill as well. Mr. Chair, the number of foreign fighters traveling to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS is increasing at an…