Ted Poe

But are there any plans to bring folks to the United States that are being treated or may have Ebola in Africa?

I don't believe in the philosophy that if we tighten the rules to get into the United States that with encourage people to come illegally.

I personally think we need a visa ban.

The silence is deafening. These are our heroes from every standpoint, and we continue to be silent, and it is very disturbing.

Release Andrew now, today, so that he can procure badly needed treatment for PTSD. He is a hero.

We are not forgetting this Marine. We are not forgetting any of them, whether they were killed in action or whether they are wounded or whether they come back with the wounds of war.

I have sponsored, along with the chairman, a resolution, House Resolution 620, sponsored by 81 Members of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, that calls on the Mexican Government to release our sergeant.

A prisoner, a Marine being threatened and assaulted while incarcerated, that is wrong, no matter who he is.

There are two groups that understand the Marines, Marines and the enemy.

How dare we, how dare we as a Nation hesitate to get that young man back.

Making sure that Sergeant Tahmooressi is brought home and provided the treatment that he so desperately needs will send a message.

It is clear, everyone understands, he is not going to get the treatment that he is due.

I am confident, I am hopeful that Attorney General Murillo Karam will do the right thing and very soon order the release of Andrew.

Our war hero needs to come home.

I am disappointed that more could not be done to address this situation in a far more timely manner.

The amendment is to train and equip Syrian rebels. Well, let us see how that has worked in the past when America has trained and equipped individuals. The United States has spent billions of dollars in Iraq to train and equip Iraqi…

By any means necessary we are going to defeat them.

Are they the enemy of the United States?

I call them ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

The United States has made a commitment to protect ethnic and religious minorities who have been subject to ISIS in Iraq.

Evil ISIS has arrogantly beheaded yet another Westerner. This time, a British aide worker, David Haines, was executed. His assassin was an ISIS masked outlaw with a British accent. ISIS has been heavily recruiting turncoat citizens in the…

Turn off the ovens; the school bake sales are over. Bake sales in schools are as American as apple pie and the flag. Parents like Janet Huberty in Atascocita, Texas, and other parents and PTAs and PTOs use bake sales to raise money for the…

Libya today is a result of a policy of removing a government without congressional approval because we don't like them.

But when the United States decided to remove his legitimate government and overthrow him, that was, to me, a strategic political mistake that has consequences we see today.

ISIS is continuing its murderous rampage on Christians, Jews, and Muslims in Syria and Iraq. America needs to go dismantle, disrupt, and defeat ISIS. Victory should be the goal. ISIS has arrogantly beheaded two Americans and sent the…