Ted Poe

I am glad to see that we are finally getting to that point.

The U.S. oil and gas industry is a force multiplier for American influence around the world.

I have the philosophy I am for everything below the ground and everything above the ground.

On May 16, 2017, as Turkish President Erdogan visited the Nation's Capital, his gestapo security forces unleashed a brutal assault on peaceful American demonstrators. Many of them were Armenian Americans who were exercising their…

For over 3,000 years, the official capital of Israel has been Jerusalem, no matter what the Palestinians say. Yesterday, the United States officially moved its embassy to Jerusalem, but the terrorist group Hamas and Iran object to…

When a person is arrested and charges are filed, usually, now, in our country, they don't sit in jail waiting to see a judge for weeks or months. They see a judge within 24 hours. They appear in court. The judge sets bail. This is all…

I urge support of this so we can know exactly what is taking place with Federal funds that are being used to keep people and let people, as Ms. Jackson Lee pointed out, out of jail without having to use some other type of system. And if it…

I thank Chairman Goodlatte for bringing this legislation to the floor. I have several comments that I would like to make in response to my friend from Houston, Ms. Jackson Lee, about this legislation and about what it is and, more…

The Citizens Right to Know Act simply states that if a State or local jurisdiction is going to use Federal money for a pretrial release program, they must report to the Federal Government information on who participates in the program, the…

Israel is an outpost of democracy and freedom in a troubled region that shares our values and faces many of the same dangers we face.

With the BUILD Act and the creation of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, we have a powerful new foreign policy tool.

I am also pleased to support H.R. 5141, the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Act introduced by Chairman Ros-Lehtinen.

Through this bill, we will continue to improve the tradition of strongly supporting Israel.

I am pleased to be an original cosponsor of Mr. Yoho's bill, the BUILD Act and commend him for his lead in it.

I am also proud to, once again, work with Representative Connolly to ensure that transparency and accountability of our Government's programs.

For generations, the Korean war has continued with no feasible end in sight. Today, North and South Korea supposedly reached a peace agreement, which includes a denuclearized peninsula, but the definition of denuclearization is not defined…

Pakistan has been betraying the international community and is supporting terrorism. The Financial Action Task Force officially placed Pakistan on its grey list of countries not doing enough to counter terror finance. Not only does…

But we know that that occurs and we know who these people are?

Just a stone's throw away from the Champs-Elysees and the Louvre in Paris stands the Hotel de Vendome, the former home of the official embassy of the Republic of Texas. In fact, France was the first nation to recognize Texas as an…

So to answer the question, we do know their names?

The United States has made clear that we will work with our allies to help them get their terror finance laws in line with ours.

``Have courage and be kind.'' These were the words Megan Rondini left behind on a whiteboard in her school apartment. Yesterday, at a Sexual Assault on Campus Forum at Rice University in Houston, Texas, sponsored by the Victims' Rights…

It is remarkable that Harris County, Texas, Precinct 4 Deputy Constable Christopher Gaines is alive. On April 17, Deputy Gaines and three other officers responded to a domestic violence call in Atascocita, Texas, where we both live…

The Iranian regime is the number one state sponsor of terror in the whole world, and they commit terrorist acts even against their own people. I am proud to support H.R. 4744, the Iran Human Rights and Hostage- Taking Accountability Act…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I also want to thank and express my support for Ranking Member Engel's bill, H.R. 4681, the No Assistance for Assad Act. As he said, Assad is a butcher, a butcher of his own people. Syrian dictator…