Political Quotes

“I am proud to rise today to join with Mr. Teague and Mr. Schiff to fight for Katie's Law. Think about what I just said, 'Katie's Law.' We have a bill named after a young lady, a 22-year-old woman whose life was ripped away from her, so we name a law, and her name will live on. Katie Sepich from Carlsbad, New Mexico, 22 years old. Her life was ripped away from her by a monster. I think most Members of Congress know that I had a full career as a police officer, a sheriff's deputy, SWAT commander, homicide detective, hostage negotiator, a street cop for 33 years, and finally as the sheriff before I left the Sheriff's Office. I know firsthand what DNA does. In 1982, I was a 31-year-old homicide detective standing by the riverside, collecting the bodies of three young women, 16 years old, dead. No DNA then. All we had was blood-typing. We were fortunate, though, that we had some bodily samples that we could take that we froze and we saved for 19 years.”