Ted Poe

The fact is it's only for a year.

I would caution my colleagues, this isn't a partisan affair. This is about somebody's service, and we should withhold judgment on the quality and nature of that service until the facts are known.

The terms of the release to Qatar are quite disturbing.

Releasing five senior Taliban commanders may put the lives of our senior service members and Americans around the world at risk.

Let's hope that the Bergdahl negotiators are not the same ones currently negotiating with Iran over nuclear weapons.

There are several issues that have come to light during this hearing.

I am from Texas. Would you just keep it simple for us? Tell us what 'capacity' is.

Terrorism remains one of the most of the most dangerous threats to U.S. national security and our interests worldwide.

What does that money do? Taxpayer wants to know where that $20 million, $21 million goes.

What does the money in your budget go for?

I would make this simple comment. This information can be gathered by other means without violating the right of privacy of citizens, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by…

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. 541. None of the funds made available in this…

Please pay attention to them, and you can save them.

U.S. Congress can do first, continue to pay attention to those who are persecuted.

I still have my dream to come back to China and fight for democracy, human rights, and freedom.

Unfortunately, the State Department did not want to designate Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organization until 14 months after the FBI and other government organizations made their plea to designate the group.

Boko Haram showed the world its evil ways when it arrogantly kidnapped over 200 innocent schoolgirls, threatened to marry them off to their fighters and traffic them out of the country as property and as slaves.

How many more people have to be innocently killed for the time to be right?

Maduro and his goons are the ones that are derailing the process.

Stop shooting the students.

I do believe we ought to help Europe economically, and it is one way we need to--we can help this crisis is if we give the Europeans--not just Ukraine but Europeans an alternative to Gazprom.

I think, to coin a phrase, the proof is in the Putin and in this case it hasn't seemed to stop him at all in what he wants to do.

I would say that the purpose of sanctions--I don't think it worked, in all fairness. I don't think they stopped Russians from doing anything.

It seems like the Russians--and I was in Ukraine with some other Members of Congress and saw first hand the people at Maidan and also saw the memorial to all that were killed by the old government--the civilians.

It looks to me like they are moving into the eastern part of Ukraine.