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VOTER PHOTO ID LAWS
WASHINGTON, May 10 - Mr. Speaker, when people fraudulently vote, they infringe on the rights of lawful voters. One solution is to require valid photo IDs. The Supreme Court has upheld photo IDs to vote, but some object. Attorney General Eric Holder is investigating Texas' photo voter ID...
POE ACS AMENDMENT PASSES HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY
WASHINGTON, May 9 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Madam Chairman, my colleagues and I--Congressman Gowdy, Congressman King, Congressman Scalise, and Congressman Landry--have introduced an amendment to prohibit funds from going to the Census Bureau to enforce a criminal penalty that is imposed upon people who choose not to...
UNITED STATES-ISRAEL ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION ACT OF 2012
WASHINGTON, May 8 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, America's support for Israel is not new. Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin both wanted the likeness of Moses leading the children of Israel to serve as the Great Seal of the newly independent United States of America....
POPEYE – SPINACH – EPA SUBSIDIES
WASHINGTON, April 27 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, Popeye the sailor man has advocated for 80 years that spinach gives energy. Now, the EPA wants to use this food as green energy. But does that idea make sense? After the administration spent hundreds of millions of...
Congressman Poe speaks in support of the Interest Rate Reduction Act.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, banks offer car loans at a 3.99 percent interest rate. Banks also offer 30-year fixed mortgages on home with an interest rate of 3.8 percent. Student loans are currently at 3.4 percent, but if we don’t do something, it’s going to...
HATERS OF RELIGION
WASHINGTON, April 26 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Madam Speaker, in the quiet town of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a 91-year-old memorial honoring hometown soldiers stands tall outside a local fire station. A stone bottom statue with a cross on top immortalizes the fallen heroes who sacrificed so...
POE: HONOR AMERICA’S FALLEN PEACE OFFICERS
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) issued the following statement in honor of National Peace Officers Memorial Day. “Peace officers dedicate their lives to protecting the rest of us from the anarchy of the lawless,” said Poe. “Some of them put on the uniform and the badge and... Read more
Poe co-sponsors US-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act
Poe co-sponsors US-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act Today Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) issued the following statement on H.R. 4133, the United States-Israel Enhances Security Cooperation Act of 2012. This legislation passed the House with a bipartisan vote of 411-2. Congressman Poe was a cosponsor of the bill.... Read more
POE ACS AMENDMENT PASSES HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POE ACS AMENDMENT PASSES HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY WASHINGTON, D.C.—Yesterday, Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) along with Congressmen Trey Gowdy (SC-04), Steve King (IA-05), Steve Scalise (LA-01), and Jeff Landry (LA-03) offered an amendment to the FY 2013 CJS Appropriations bill that would prohibit the Census Bureau... Read more
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) WHY IS CISPA NEEDED? Each day tens of thousands of cyber attacks, oftentimes from China and Russia, target U.S. companies and the U.S. government. These cyber criminals try to steal customers’ personal information, our country’s national intelligence and top secret... Read more
POE: ARMENDARIZ NEEDS TO GO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POE: ARMENDARIZ NEEDS TO GO WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) issued the following statement responding to statements made by EPA Region Six Administrator Al Armendariz: “The comments made by Administrator Armendariz back in 2010 confirm what we’ve known all along: the EPA’s crusade to destroy... Read more
POE: “JUSTICE FOR PEACE OFFICERS”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE POE: “JUSTICE FOR PEACE OFFICERS” Today, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously passed H.R. 365, The National Blue Alert Act of 2011. The bill would establish a nationwide “Blue Alert” system to quickly disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed. The system... Read more
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