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Ted Poe

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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.

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Oct 2, 2013

It is time for Twitter to stop violating U.S. law and giving terrorists a free way to release their propaganda and hate to the world.

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Oct 2, 2013

It is against U.S. law to support terrorists, and Twitter claims it doesn't allow terrorists to use the Twitter account.

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Oct 2, 2013

I think, as governments, we need to be a little bit smarter about how to respond to this threat.

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Oct 2, 2013

We need to be smart in how we use information, as well.

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Oct 2, 2013

I think that we should prosecute them and we should go after them and show them no mercy, really.

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Sep 30, 2013

Where, oh where has the Senate gone? Where, oh where can they be? With time so short and issues so long, where, oh where has the Senate gone? The House has offered a compromise. We have passed legislation to fund the government and…

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Sep 28, 2013

I posted on my Facebook page the question, How has ObamaCare affected you or will it affect you in the future? I received almost 400 responses. I will just read a few of those. I certainly won't read the ones that were volatile, Mr…

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Sep 27, 2013

The Affordable Care Act is here to stay, saith the President. But his legacy landmark law discriminates. The President has arbitrarily granted extensions to Big Business, to some small businesses, and some State exchanges, but ordinary…

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Sep 26, 2013

I want to thank Ms. Sinema from the State of Arizona for her holding the last Special Order, bipartisan, to talk about this terrible plight that has happened to our veterans. Twenty-two veterans a day, Americans, commit suicide. So I thank…

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Sep 26, 2013

The President says he will negotiate with Syria over chemical weapons. He is negotiating with the Russians about negotiating with the Syrians over nuclear weapons. He has offered to talk and compromise with Iran over nuclear weapons--but…

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Sep 25, 2013

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty signed by this administration today is an attempt by Third World countries to control guns worldwide, including personal firearms in the United States. Under the section of ``scope,'' the treaty…

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Sep 18, 2013

In developing countries, access to clean water isn't as easy as walking over to the kitchen faucet. Communities suffer and die from diseases they contract from bad water. And in their search for life's basic need, they put themselves in…

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Sep 18, 2013

Just like our friends in Europe, we don't have time to wait around on government.

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Sep 18, 2013

Far too long European customers have been held hostage by the Russians.

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Sep 18, 2013

Supporting the Southern Gas Corridor is one way to do that.

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Sep 18, 2013

Imagine how our foreign policy could change if that were the case?

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Sep 18, 2013

Inaction is detrimental to national security.

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Sep 18, 2013

There are 11.3 million unemployed Americans today, and some models say the Keystone XL pipeline project is expected to directly create 15,000 manufacturing jobs.

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Sep 18, 2013

Today is a sad anniversary. It is the anniversary of bureaucracy, red tape, and delay, delay, delay, delay, delay.

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Sep 18, 2013

If the price instability of oil and the instability in the Middle East can't convince Secretary John Kerry that approval of the Keystone XL pipeline is in our national and economic interest, then we need to seriously question this…

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Sep 17, 2013

It seems the administration has finally made up its mind and will arm the Syrian rebels. Never mind Syria is in the messy midst of a civil war. That involvement is not in the national security interest of the United States. The other rebel…

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Sep 17, 2013

There is a phrase that brings fear and trepidation into the hearts and souls of men and women across the country and that is 'We are from the government and we are here to help you.'

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Sep 17, 2013

But at the end of the day, here we are. Nobody has been taken out, nobody is in custody, nobody is in jail.

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Sep 17, 2013

I am skeptical, and people I represent are skeptical about the administration, the State Department, and the FBI not bringing these killers to justice.

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Sep 17, 2013

It would seem to me that the President should be just as concerned about Americans dying in Libya as he is about Syrians dying in Syria.

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