Issue Position: On Crime

Issue Position

Issue Position: On Crime

Crime is one of the most devastating issues in our daily lives. Unlike natural disasters, crime involves malicious human intent. In my work as a federal prosecutor, I saw the traumatizing effect of crime on victims, as a sense of personal security and dignity was vanquished and hope was poisoned.

As an Assistant United States Attorney with the Department of Justice, I worked against these dehumanizing effects of crime. I fought organized heroin-distribution organizations; I fought organized gangs involved in murder; I fought fraud artists who defrauded senior citizens and the government; I fought child pornographers. Simply put, I fought to make our community safer.

Together we can bring hope and safety back to our neighborhoods. As your Congressman, I will continue my efforts from the Department of Justice by arming our law-enforcement organizations with the weapons they need to continue the fight against crime.

My ongoing fight against crime includes:

-Relentlessly pursuing drug traffickers, which is in turn a major cause for violent crime;
-Increase the severity of punishment for identity theft, which primarily targets our seniors; and
-Increase federal funding for local law enforcement manpower and technology, which brings national resources to bear on crime prevention as well as homeland security.

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