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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.
Yesterday an armed Mexican military helicopter was spotted and photographed over a residential area a mile inside the territorial boundary of the United States. Texas Sheriff Sigi Gonzalez of Zapata County said the Mexican Navy helicopter…
I bring you news from the third front. The battle wages for control of the border, and I'm not talking about the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan where the Taliban runs back and forth at will to commit crimes in Afghanistan and then…
Freedom of speech continues to be shouted down by the politically correct police. In the Netherlands, it is against the law to say something that offends someone else's religion. That is why Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders is on trial for…
I spent 30 years as a prosecutor and as a judge at the courthouse in Houston, all in the criminal courts building. I am very familiar with the individuals who work in the courthouse, who protect those who come to the seat of justice, to…
Mr. Speaker, the special agents that work in the Drug Enforcement Administration, the DEA, are special agents indeed. Many times they work alone, they work deep undercover, they work not only in the United States, but in foreign countries…
This is an important piece of legislation to bring national awareness to this problem. Some of the violence that occurs among our teenagers is horrible, the things they are doing to each other and those especially in a relationship and…
I thank the gentlelady. They were led by a 27-year-old individual from South Carolina by way of Alabama. He said at the Alamo, ``I shall never surrender or retreat,'' and they did not surrender or retreat because war was hard then, and it…
This is about our troops. This is about Americans who have been willing to protect the rest of us when duty calls and in time of war. Army Specialist Jarrett Griemel was one of those noble Americans. He was a patriot. He joined the United…
Three of our tenacious Navy SEALs captured one of the worst terrorists in the world: Ahmed Hashim Abed. In 2004, four Blackwater security guards were transporting supplies in Fallujah, Iraq. They were caught in an ambush and murdered by…
I think it's well said, as our majority leader pointed out, that in the Declaration of Independence, the basis for who we are, states "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights."…
The United States broke away from our mother country over 200 years ago. The decision to throw off our royal rulers looks even better today. England has government-run health care, and it's dangerous to one's health. Recently, the London…
It's deja vu all over again on the health care bill. The people have tried every way they know to have their voices heard. Town halls, tea parties, even special elections. The people don't want Washington bureaucrats making their medical…
At first, Al Gore claimed to invent the Internet. Now it looks like he really did invent something--global warming. The Nation had one of the coldest winters in years, including record snowfalls in the South; but the Warmers like Al Gore…
As the war against international terrorism continues in Iraq and Afghanistan, I bring you news from the third front, the U.S.-Mexico border, the real inconvenient truth. Recently, the U.S. consular office in the border town of Reynosa…
It is Sam Houston's birthday. He was born in Virginia on March 2, 1793. He lived primarily in Tennessee, but he got to Texas as fast as he could. Houston fought with Davy Crockett and Andrew Jackson during the Creek Indian wars of 1812…
The number of new unemployment benefit claims jumped last week to 496,000 Americans. More people out of work, more people looking for those promised jobs. Meanwhile, a year later, we're bogged down debating the administration's $1 trillion…
The Canadian Premier of Newfoundland, Danny Williams, snuck into the United States recently for some stealth health care. Now, why would the Canadian Premier come to the United States for heart surgery? Because his life depended on it. "My…
The administration's new budget proposal will strangle small business. But there's one small business the new budget is targeting with both barrels: the small, independent mom-and-pop oil and gas producers. Getting energy out of the ground…
We keep hearing about how great the trillion-dollar stimulus bill was and how well it has worked. It has been 1 year or so, so lest we forget, let's see where some of that stimulus money got spent. In Buffalo, New York, the State…
In the Netherlands, it's against the law now to hurt somebody's feelings. Don't dare offend anyone or the speech police will cart you off to the courthouse and try you for the violation of the insensitivity laws. Dutch lawmaker Geert…
I am proud to join my colleague, Mr. Towns, in supporting House Concurrent Resolution 227. More than 6 million people were victims of crimes in 2008; and more than 1 million violent crimes were committed in 2008. Violent crimes are…
Where, oh where, have the jobs gone? Where, oh where, can they be? With the people so mad and the economy so bad Where, oh where, can the jobs be? Well, the administration is planning on killing the Constellation space program at NASA…
As a parent, the worst thing that any parent could hear is the fact that their child has disappeared. That would bring terror and fear into any parent. As a parent of four kids, I know that. I think about that constantly. When Janice…
Today we are voting on whether or not to raise the debt limit so the government can borrow more money. Borrowing and spending is out of control. This is one of my kid's old credit cards. When it reached the spending limit, it meant there…
A very prominent, prestigious dignitary is visiting the United States from Canada this week--the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Danny Williams is here. But there was no pomp and circumstance for Premier Williams. No red carpets, no…
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