Congressman Poe visits Goose Creek ISD

During his visit, Congressman Poe thanked students for making Christmas cards for the troops.

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Congressman Poe visits Goose Creek ISD

During his visit, Congressman Poe thanked students for making Christmas cards for the troops. Goose Creek ISD was one of the top card collectors.

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Congressman Poe visits Alamo Elementary

During his visit, Congressman Poe thanked students for making Christmas cards for the troops. Alamo Elementary collected 5,000 cards.

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Congressman Poe visits Sterling High School in Baytown

During his visit, Congressman Poe thanked students for making Christmas cards for the troops. Sterling High School collected 24,429 cards.

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Congressman Poe, Congresswoman Maloney, Senator Cornyn, and Senator Bennet host SAFER Act Press Conference 2012

The SAFER Act aims to reduce rape kit DNA backlogs nationwide.

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Congressman Poe’s annual Military Christmas Card Drive

This year, Baytown collected more than 50,000 Christmas cards with the help of schools, churches, and organizations.

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Congressman Poe’s annual Military Christmas Card Drive

This year, Baytown collected more than 50,000 Christmas cards with the help of schools, churches, and organizations.

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Congressman Poe with Congresswoman Maloney and Scott Berkowitz, President of RAINN

Congressman Poe, Congressman Maloney, Senator Cornyn, and Senator Bennet hosted SAFER Act Press Conference 2012.

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Congressman Poe, Congressman Maloney, Senator Cornyn, and Senator Bennet hosted SAFER Act Press Conference 2012.

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PULSE OF TEXAS: GLENN FROM KINGWOOD, TEXAS

WASHINGTON, December 5 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, Glenn from Kingwood, Texas wrote me this: “Starting at the age of 15, I worked any job I could to help support myself through college. Manually dug ditches, construction work, plant work. After college, I found an entry level...

SAFER ACT FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS

WASHINGTON, December 4 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, One of the most marvelous scientific breakthroughs in the criminal justice system has been DNA evidence. I remember when I was a judge in the courthouse when DNA started being used at the courtroom. Prior to DNA, many times prosecutors...

CHRISTMAS CARDS AND HOLIDAY CARDS FOR OUR TROOPS

Mr. Speaker, On Christmas Day, most of us will wake up with our families, the smell of Turkey in the oven, and homemade apple pie, but on the other side of the world, there are men and women who will wake up in the middle of the...

GOVERNMENT GONE WILD

WASHINGTON, November 30 - CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, The President has finally given us his balanced plan to allegedly avoid the fiscal cliff. He wants to raise taxes by $1.6 trillion. He wants another stimulus package of $50 billion. He wants the authority to raise the debt ceiling...

HAMAS IS THE PUPPET, IRAN IS THE PUPPETEER

WASHINGTON, November 29 – CLICK HERE TO WATCH Mr. Speaker, The eyes of the world were on the Gaza strip for eight days as sirens wailed and Hamas rained rockets on Israel. Iran’s mullahs shipped long-range rockets into Sudan, sent them up into Egypt, before smuggling them through tunnels an...

PULSE OF TEXAS: WILLIAM FROM HUMBLE, TEXAS

WASHINGTON, November 28 - Mr. Speaker, William from Humble, Texas wrote me this about how tax increases will affect him and his family: “It seems too many of us are going to be hit with big tax increases next year. I cannot afford to pay anymore taxes. My family...

STATEMENT ON PEARL HARBOR

“December 7, 1941, a date that will live in infamy,'' were words spoken by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that became forever embedded in the hearts and minds of patriots across our land, igniting and launching a nation into the fiery trenches of battle. Those of that Greatest... Read more

HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE PASSES FRANK BUCKLES WWI MEMORIAL ACT

WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, the House Natural Resources Committee passed H.R. 6364, the Frank Buckles WWI Memorial Act, by unanimous consent. The bill was introduced by Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) along with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). This bipartisan legislation would (1) establish a... Read more

REPS. POE & MALONEY INTRODUCE THE SAFER ACT OF 2012

Washington, DC –Today, Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) introduced H.R. 6628, The Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (SAFER) Act of 2012. This bipartisan bill will help law enforcement process rape kits. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) introduced the Senate... Read more

POE VOTES “YES” ON STEM JOBS ACT

Washington, D.C. –Today, Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) voted in favor of H.R. 6429, the STEM Jobs Act, a bipartisan bill that will boost global competitiveness, generate more jobs, and stimulate our economy by enhancing the green card system for foreign graduates of American universities who obtain degrees... Read more

CONGRESSMAN POE PRESSES DEFENSE SECRETARY PANETTA FOR ANSWERS

  WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Congressman Ted Poe (TX-02) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, inquiring into the source of weapons used in the September 12 terrorist attack in Benghazi. In the letter, Congressman Poe asked Secretary Panetta if the United States had furnished any... Read more

UPDATE ON MILITARY VOTING

Yesterday, I spoke with Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade and the Director of Elections about the complaints my office has received about active military not being able to vote. If you are impacted by this issue, here is what you need to know: 1)If you are... Read more

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“The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession because that would take more demand out of the economy and put business in...

~President Obama

"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

~Winston Churchill

"There is no such thing as a good tax."

~Winston Churchill