Ted Poe: “As a parent, the worst thing that any parent could hear is the fact that their child has disappeared. That would bring…”

“As a parent, the worst thing that any parent could hear is the fact that their child has disappeared. That would bring terror and fear into any parent. As a parent of four kids, I know that. I think about that constantly. When Janice Smolinski learned that her son, Billy, had disappeared, she, like every mother would do, was relentless in finding out as much as she could about his disappearance. Unfortunately, she met a lot of stone walls in the criminal justice system. She had put posters up all over her neighborhood. She called everybody she knew. She called the police, and she got on the Internet trying to find out ways she could locate Billy. She was relentless in that pursuit. And then she came in contact with her Congressman. The old statement 'call your Congressman,' it worked, and it should have worked in this case and it worked well. I commend her and other people like her who work to find their loved ones but also to make our system better.”