Once she knew my feelings about this issue, given my criminal justice background, then the e-mails stopped coming.

We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they're never allowed to perpetrate such an evil act as they did. And so all of us are dealing with that. We know that the President has the authority to go to war under the War Powers Act.

To say that a person would be allowed to barbecue two different dogs, two different occasions and not have the penalty, I don't consider that an acceptable option for a bill.

I can tell you stories, horrendous stories especially with sex offenders and the things they have done to animals. There's a very clear link and that's why we need a felony provision.

The first time that a person commits certain crimes against animals, it will automatically be considered a felony level offense charge.

There's no felony provision in Kansas. I assumed like many other people do that because Missouri and a majority of other states have such a provision that we did, too.