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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.
I thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for yielding me this time and also for his support and work on this legislation, and I thank the ranking member as well. Also, I want to thank my friend across the aisle, Carolyn Maloney from…
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.
American warriors have died in lands far, far away. We honor them this Memorial Day. But now, other American warriors are dying in the United States waiting for VA health care. They are ``dying in line.'' According to whistleblowers, at…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is about real people. One of those is my friend and constituent down in Houston, Texas, by the name of Catherine Engelbrecht. She is the founder of True the Vote and King Street Patriots in Houston…
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.
I share my friend's frustration with U.S. foreign policy because even though I thought he asked the question very well about when do we support self-determination and when do we support a current government, sorry, I didn't get an answer.
It has been 19 months since terrorists stormed the American consulate in Benghazi. Four Americans were murdered. Today, their killers still roam free somewhere in Libya. Why have none of them been apprehended? Meanwhile, back in the United…
$12. In Nigeria, $12 is the cost of a bride slave. Recently, around 200 girls went to school and never came home. They were kidnapped and, for $12 apiece, sold to the Islamic militant terrorist group Boko Haram. They were forced into…
Last week I traveled with a bipartisan delegation to see firsthand the situation on the ground in ``Putin's Ukraine.'' The Napoleon of Siberia has driven his tanks over the administration's ``reset'' button. He launched a blitzkrieg-style…
Is Europe slow walking sanctions because they are concerned about the fact that many of them are totally dependent on Russia for their energy?
I think it is important for stability in Ukraine that they have these elections, that they are fair, that people vote.
The actions that the Russians have undertaken with regard to Crimea and what they are doing in Eastern Ukraine gives deep cause for concern.
It has taken 5 years for the State Department to reach a verdict on this treaty, in my opinion.
Communist China must be included in any discussion of arms control and if we focus only on Russia we are doing a great disservice to the security of our country.
I therefore fully support the administration's readiness to impose additional penalties if Russia continues to press forward.
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