Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 00:00
The administration constantly and conveniently goes out of its way to keep Americans from possessing firearms, but it seems to be enthusiastically delighting in running guns into other countries-- to groups like drug cartels in Mexico , rebel groups in Li
Thursday, August 1, 2013 - 08:38
House Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) proposes solutions to solving the Syrian crisis that don't involve arms transfers and military intervention.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 12:53
House Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) cautions against arming Syrian rebels in a conflict in which the U.S. does not have a clear role.
Monday, March 18, 2013 - 00:00
Mexican drug cartels, like the Sinaloa cartel, should be labeled a foreign terrorist organization. Then we can better deal with international terrorist threats to America like Public Enemy No. 1, El Chapo.
Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 00:00
Most people would never imagine that the government of the greatest Nation in the world would be engaged in helping a criminal smuggling operation by sending guns and money to narcoterrorists south of our border.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 00:00
We cannot continue to reward countries that do not comply with treaties and refuse to extradite criminals. It's a time to reconsider foreign aid.
Friday, December 9, 2011 - 00:00
The Justice Department, with the aid of the ATF, apparently facilitated the smuggling of over 2,000 weapons to the drug cartels south of the border--the national enemy of Mexico. Those weapons were used to kill at least 200 Mexican nationals and two U.S.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 00:00
Cartel soldiers were reportedly on our side of the border in Arizona "patrolling in single-file formation" with the goal of "intentionally and forcibly assaulting" Border Patrol agents.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Speaker, those who say that the border is secure and the violence is contained in Mexico are living in a blissful state of ignorance.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 00:00
Nearly 2,000 semiautomatic weapons were blindly sent into the hands of criminal narcoterrorists in Mexico, and people died because of this operation, at least two Americans and who knows how many Mexican nationals. Thousands of guns are still unaccounted