Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his comments in support. There are a couple of things that he mentioned. One, some of those acts that police officers do each and every day to help families-- people don't hear about those officers that buy groceries for families that are less fortunate. I know when I worked on the Green River task force and working with families that had missing daughters or had lost their daughter to--I am not even going to mention his name--the monster serial killer from Seattle, delivering Christmas presents to those families, money out of their own pocket or time out of their own time in building a new bicycle for some young brother of one of the victims. Those are things that the community in a neighborhood might hear about, but you never see on the news, you never see publicized, and you never really hear about it, so I appreciate that. The second thing the gentleman mentioned was training, and I really believe that that is one of the things that we can do to help law enforcement officers across this country. The National Blue Alert Act is another piece of legislation that we, I think, can work together to pass. It should be a bipartisan effort. The COPS Improvement and Reauthorization Act is another tool that we can provide and another bill to try to expedite the claims process for public safety officer benefits program.…”