Ted Poe

Recently, in one of New York's neighborhoods, gunshots rang out. One of NYPD's finest, Police Officer Kevin Brennan, quickly responded to the call. When he arrived at the scene with his partners, they recognized a familiar face. It was…

Religious civil liberty is the bedrock of a free people, but today we face an unprecedented and unconstitutional act of aggression against our religious liberty sponsored by the U.S. Government. The President's health care edict forces…

The United States... needs to look to India as a supporter and as an ally.

We don't need to continue to give American money to Pakistan at all, not a dime.

They are the Benedict Arnold in the relationship with the United States.

I am a great believer in self-determination for people who believe in it as well.

Make sure our competitors/our enemies don't get our technology and help our businesses compete in a global way.

It is clear the system is broken and something needs to be done to fix it.

Iran is rapidly building a nuclear weapon. Recent reports reveal that Israel may be preparing to attack Iran. Some critics, including the United States, say that Israel should not attack because it would derail the sanctions process; but…

When most people think of smuggling, they envision outlaws recklessly sneaking guns, contraband, and money to other outlaws. Most people would never imagine that the government of the greatest Nation in the world would be engaged in…

We hear about religious persecution throughout the Third World, but there is an anti-religious movement right here in the United States. The Catholic Church is being persecuted by this government. Our great country was founded on the…

The STOCK Act will prohibit Members of Congress and Federal employees from using nonpublic information for their own personal profit and help prevent insider trading. Representative Timothy Walz of Minnesota has introduced this legislation…

Across the globe, Iran continues its saber rattling. The little fella from the desert, Ahmadinejad, threatens to block the Strait of Hormuz and all the oil shipments going through it. This worries Americans who can't afford for the price…

My grandmother used to say that there is nothing more powerful than a woman that has made up her mind. Gabby Giffords has always been that woman. She is compassionate, tenacious, and relentless in her love for our country. Her desire to…

This is a photograph of Frank Buckles. It was taken when he was about 16 years of age. He may have been 15; he may have been 17. You see, Frank Buckles Jr. joined the United States Army in the great World War I, and he lied to get into the…

Today there are thousands of Americans who are forced to pay $3.50 a gallon just to fill up their car to get to work. And there are more than 14 million other Americans who can't get to work because they don't have jobs. Meanwhile, the…

To our mind, to our--the Foundation's view is that to locate a national memorial to World War I off the National Mall... would send a message that somehow we honor the sacrifice and service of those veterans to a lesser degree.

I don't think anyone is opposed to--thinks that there should not be a national memorial to World War I.

While we believe the efforts of Representative Ted Poe and the co-sponsors of H.R. 938... are praiseworthy...

The United States basically has done little, if anything, to recognize that Americans fought in World War I; 4 million fought, 114,000 of them died.

It is one thing to die in battle for your country. But the worst casualty of war is to be forgotten.

We should mark the fact that it was built and paid for by school children in the District of Columbia, and not dishonor it, but embolden it to include everyone who served in the great World War I.

One way we can remember our heritage is to put the fourth memorial on the Mall.

In fact, many people don't even know anything about World War I.

One of his desires before he died... was to see a memorial for all of the World War I troops that served in that Great War.