Ted Poe

The Federal Highway Administration is ordering all local governments to go out and purchase new road signs. Why? Because the brilliant bureaucrats say these signs are easier to read. It took 800 pages of ``easy-to-read'' regulations and…

I want to thank the chairman for bringing this legislation to the floor. It's very important to the Parker family in my district, the people that Mr. Fortenberry in Nebraska mentioned, and the 1,200 families and children that are going to…

In closing, Mr. Speaker, the United Nations reports that North Korea trades in missiles and nuclear technology with not only Syria and Iran, but even Burma. And this is a grave situation since China won't do anything, and North Korea takes…

This companion bill to S. 3844 ensures that the proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Australia is approved before the existing agreement expires at the end of this calendar year. Since the Australia 123 agreement was submitted on…

The border war continues to escalate. Over 2,200 people have been killed just this year in drug-related violence in Mexico. The battles are spilling over into American communities. The drug cartels are shooting their way across the Rio…

The people who want to build a mosque at Ground Zero now want American taxpayers to pay $5 million to help build that mosque. Those who beg for American money to build an insult mosque on Ground Zero disrespect the 3,000 people of all…

It was dusk when he left Thailand and entered Laotian airspace. Soon he was flying into North Vietnam as darkness came over the horizon. It was his 25th mission into North Vietnam flying an F-4 Phantom jet. The date was April 16, 1966. The…

Over 2,200 people have been killed just this year in drug-related border violence in Mexico, and some have been Americans. The violence is flooding into American communities. Bullets are literally flying across the Rio Grande River into El…

I recently got a letter from a grieving family in Florida. Their young 21-year-old son was killed 3 years ago in a senseless homicide by an illegal. The family is still seeking justice, however. This is their son's story. On August 15…

A trip to the airport these days leaves Americans with embarrassing choices. Law-abiding citizens can bare it all through a peekaboo body scanner--or they can get groped in a pat-down search by a Federal employee. Now that's a real choice…

I appreciate your yielding time, Judge Gohmert. Yes, on November 2 the American public, the American people, the American voters went to the polls and they voted. And it's a good thing that they vote, and we have the right to vote. As you…

Well, I think that the current plan really is a two-part plan. The plan isn't just to erect a few signs in Arizona, saying, We can't take care of you. Travel north of Interstate 8 and, as you mentioned, really secede the land south of…

It was just another day on the Texas border on October 1, 2010. A young couple, David and Tiffany Hartley, were on Falcon Lake. Falcon Lake is a massive lake that borders Mexico in the State of Texas, an international border. They were on…

The copyright bill before us today is an important housekeeping measure that contains largely technical and clarifying amendments to title 17 of the United States Code. For the few changes that are more substantive in nature, they are…

I want to thank the chairman for bringing not just this legislation, but all the legislation that has been brought up today to the House floor, and to emphasize the point that he made: Good legislation, most important legislation, is…

Yes. Investigator Rolando Flores, from Mexico, had just started the investigation into the death and murder of David Hartley when he was beheaded. Of course, when the Zetas and other drug cartel members behead someone and then throw his…

My district is in hurricane alley. Since I've been elected to Congress, we've had five hurricanes: Katrina, Rita, Humberto, Gustav, and Ike. Hurricane season is over in southeast Texas, but hurricane season came late this year to D.C. And…

Mr. Speaker, this resolution provides for consideration of legislation to prohibit the creation and sale of so-called ``animal crush videos.'' These videos depict small animals being slowly crushed to death by women using their bare feet…

I support H.R. 6397, and I want to commend Mr. Duncan from Tennessee for introducing this legislation. Mr. Speaker, under the Immigration and Nationality Act, if a U.S. citizen dies while serving honorably in an active duty status in the…

Yes, of course, this is an issue that's not partisan issue. As my friend, former Sheriff Rick Flores has said, this is not a Republican or Democrat issue. This is a red, white, and blue issue. He used to be a border sheriff in Laredo…

There are thousands of murders in Mexico that are drug-related and Mexico has a horrible record of solving them.

I don't suspect it will resume at all. They suspended it first at night because the lake is too dangerous. Then they suspended it last week after the head of Mr. Flores turned up and they haven't started up and I suspect won't start up…

The Zetas only will allow a body to be found if they want it to be. I suspect that the body has been removed by the Zeta cartel.

I suspect that they won't start up again. They're just doing a lot of talk at this point. They are, unfortunately, the Mexican side of the board are places where the law enforcement is corrupt and incompetent.

And it was a warning to both nations to back off, and it has so far been successful.