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11/23/2010 Texas Talk: Rep. Ted Poe Calls for Common Sense Airport Security
Dear Neighbors, As we prepare for the busiest travel season of the year, an overwhelming majority of you have contacted my office with concerns over the new invasive security measures at our airports. I share your concerns and in my opinion, this...
10/28/2010 Just Another Day on the Texas Border
Dear Neighbors, Last week, I went down to the border to tour Falcon Lake and visit with law enforcement and local residents from Laredo to McAllen. A Texas Ranger told me once that “it gets western after dark” along the Texas border. Well, it also...
10/22/2010 Texas Talk: News from TX-02
Dear Neighbors, This week, I have had the good fortune of meeting with lots of folks from all over the 2nd District. What I like most about y'all is that you're never short on words! Texans are known to talk a gate off its hinges and that's certai...
10/14/2010 Texas Talk: Update on Falcon Lake and Drilling Ban
Dear Neighbors, This week, we learned that a high-ranking Mexican state police commander who was supervising the Falcon Lake murder investigation was murdered and his severed head was sent to the Mexican military. Make no mistake - this wasn’t on...
10/07/2010 Rep. Poe Calls on Feds to Take Charge in Falcon Lake Investigation
Dear Neighbors, I am enjoying being back in the great state of Texas! As I have traveled the district this week meeting with many of you at various events, I am reminded that southeast Texans are among the fiestiest folks around! I haven’t met a p...
09/29/2010 Rep. Ted Poe’s Border Bill forces Feds to do their job – Secure the TX Border
Dear Neighbors, Today, I filed the National Guard Border Enforcement Act to put troops on the U.S.-Mexico border. This bill will authorize the Secretary of Defense to make 10,000 National Guard troops available upon request from a U.S. Governor. ...
09/10/2010 Rep. Poe Supports REAL Stimulus – Cut Taxes & Stop Spending
Dear Neighbors, This week, the administration announced the latest plan to “save” the economy with another stimulus bill that will cost taxpayers $50 billion. The first problem with this misguided approach to spend our way out of a recession is t...
08/30/2010 Texas Talk: August Update from Rep. Ted Poe
Dear Neighbors, August has been a busy month and I have enjoyed getting to visit with many of you throughout the district – it’s good to be back in Texas! It comes as no surprise to me that the majority of southeast Texans are more concerned than ...
08/13/2010 Rep. Poe Talks Border Security with TX-02
Dear Neighbors, There are two things that keep Texans hot under the collar – the August heat and having their say in Washington, DC! As I have been back in the district working this month, the issue of out-of-control government spending and lack ...
07/22/2010 Congressman Poe Continues Support for Arizona
Dear Neighbors, Next week, a federal judge in Arizona will hear arguments in the federal government’s challenge to the Arizona immigration enforcement law. In my continued support for Arizona’s right to enforce the law, I have signed onto a le...
  
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