Ted Poe

I am extremely worried about our lack of attention to the many threats to democracy in our own hemisphere.

Maduro and the Government of Venezuela need to address the grievances of its people through dialogue, and respect freedom of expression and assembly as the basic human rights and principles of a democratic society.

I am really disgusted, I am, by the lack of any kind of clear vision or policy in the Western Hemisphere.

People yearning for freedom are looking to the U.S. for our leadership in defense of liberty, but instead, this administration is offering solar panels through costly USAID projects.

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Department of State's Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a detailed, quantitative…

He marched in. We watched, and dealing with Putin he has started Cold War II.

I think we are living in a fantasy land if we think that the bully-bear Putin wants to be nice to the neighbors that surround him.

Children should never be in a position in life where they feel like nobody is going to look for them.

We need to solve that problem, that overall problem. I mean, that is the big picture.

In a country like this, we can only provide 30 beds for trafficked boys that are domestic trafficked boys?

But the bill that the Chairman has been gracious to talk about that I have sponsored goes after the demand and gives them equal punishment to the trafficker...

We end up allowing these victims to carry the shame that does not belong to them.

What you need to look out for is someone like me. What you need to look out for is your granddaughter.

Hurt people hurt people. So we never know where that line is going to end.

If the johns are afraid, the rapists are afraid of being publicly humiliated--and Judge Poe did this when he was a judge--was that public shame.

You take that victim and you put them in jail, even though they are not a criminal and we know they are not a criminal, that does not help them down the road.

We got to treat these kids as victims of crime and not prostitutes.

We have a mind-set in this country that we treat prostitutes, especially child prostitutes, as criminals.

We need the Feds to build a Human Trafficking Regional Database in LEO.

I have worked hard to empower inmates to share information about crimes they are aware of in the free-world.

Bi-partisan legislation on the framework of the 'Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act' proposed by Sen. Cornyn and Congressman Poe, would provide funding for domestic trafficking deterrence and victims' support programs at the Federal…

This is very important legislation and is worthy of your consideration and support.

Last night, I held a telephone town hall and called almost 60,000 homes back in Texas. I heard from southeast Texans about a lot of things that were on their minds, but the number one concern I heard about was cuts to the military. Mr…

``We eat all we can and we sell the rest.'' That is the slogan for the Blue Bell Creameries in Brenham, Texas, that makes the best ice cream in the world. With the U.S. overabundance of natural gas, especially in Texas, that should be…

As I mentioned earlier, I believe history is something that we should remember and talk about. Today, is March 6. It probably doesn't mean much to a lot of folks in the United States, but to those of us from the State of Texas, March 6 is…