the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. for five minutes. mr. poe: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. madam speaker, the call of the wild from mammoth african elephants and rhinos has grown meek and blissfully silent. the culprit? outlaw terrorists who are tracking and hunting down these massive creatures to fund their filthy terrorist enterprises. our enemy is sophisticated and well funded, but their weapons, surveillance equipment, and training, food, lodging, and travel costs a lot of money. isis has a terrorist army that has raised billions of dollars through extortion, drugs, bank robbery, kidnapping, and oil smuggling. there is one source of funding for terrorism that is being overlooked, poaching. madam speaker, the illegal wildlife trade in africa is a $7 billion to $10 billion a year business. according to the nonpartisan congressional research service, a rhino horn sells for $65,000 a kilogram in asia. that's more expensive than silver, gold, diamonds, or illicit drugs. the number o

mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. poe: mr. speaker, the federal food police now control what american children are permitted to eat in public schools. the first lady has said, we just can't leave it up to the parents. several things are wrong about this totalitarian control of children. kids say the portions are so small or the food is so disliked they must smuggle food from home or just go hungry. this leads to the federal government food being wasted and thrown away at the end of the day. what's next? are the federal food bureaucrats going to force-feed school children with government food? it should not be the role of washington and the federal government to control what children eat. that is the responsibility of parents. americans are not stupid. and cannot leave it up to the almighty feds to determine what is best for ou

mr. poe: putin is back. seeking to devour his neighbors and reclaim his kingdom by once again sending covert henmen into eastern ukraine. he's systematically trying to re-establish imperial russia with him as the czar. according to a u.s. general, new russian tanks, artillery, air defense systems, and russian combat troops have entered eastern ukraine. news reports indicate five of artillery were toting pieces and another five were toeing partly covered multilaunch rocket systems. this sounds like an aggression to me. the course the kremlin lies and denies it all. why is this continuing? on the world stage america looks weak and leaderless. reset buttons and red lines don't mean anything to putin. our hollow objections to russia are meaningless. t needs to stop its cold war two-type aggression and return to the cave. what is america's plan? that's just the way it is. i yield back of the the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask un

mr. poe: mr. speaker, it's time to bring american energy to americans. the keystone pipeline is the answer. for over six years the administration has been saying no to energy independence. six years. that's longer than it took us to win world war ii. oil is the most reliable and cost-effective source of energy the united states has. the keystone pipeline from canada to texas will bring as much as crude oil as we get from saudi arabia. it will bring energy security and national security. it will bring jobs. the pipeline will make middle eastern politics and energy irrelevant. . i introduced the k fast bill that would approve the permit for the keystone x.l. pipeline. instead of leaving americans at the mercy and questionable loyalties of unstable middle eastern countries we should take care of ourselves. if the administration continues to be politically stone walled, the canadians will sell it to someone else like china. now, isn't that lovely? build the pipeline. it's the right thing to do. and that's just the way it is. the speaker pro tempore: the gent

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