Honorable Ted Poe
United States Representative, Texas, Republican
Representative Poe, of the Second District of Texas, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. He served as an Assistant District Attorney from 1973 to 1981 and as a Harris County (Texas) Judge from 1981 to 2003. He sits on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the International Relations Committee, and the Small Business Committee. The following is from the June 29, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 4761, the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act. I rise in strong support of the Deep Ocean Energy Resources (DOER) Act, H.R. 4761. The United States must be more self-sufficient…
