Senator William H. Bracken:  When I was _ fourteen _ , I got to be friends with this boy in the neighborhood , Lamar Dokes . Sweet kid . I used to help him with his homework after school . Well , one day he does n't come to school , so I went by his apartment , and the door was open . I walked in , and I found Lamar lying on his mattress , dead ; his little sister , the same way . His mother was in the bedroom , she had hanged herself . Now , she left a note . She 'd lost her job , she was being evicted , and I thought how could a woman be so desperate , so without hope that she could crush up pills , put them in hot chocolate and give them to her kids ? And that was the moment . The moment I knew I wanted to help make people 's lives better . And I have . I strengthened the safety net to protect kids like Lamar , I created jobs in those neighborhoods , I 've done great things . Just as you 've done great things .
Kate Beckett: Who do you think you 're talking to ? How can you justify yourself to me ? My mother was stabbed in an alley because of you . She bled to death , * ALONE * , in a pile of garbage ! So save me your campaign speeches about the " great things " .
Senator William H. Bracken: You sound a bit delusional , you know ? But then again , who are you ? You 're a disgraced cop obsessed with her mother 's murder . And who am I ? I 'm a decent man looking out for the little guy . That 's who the public sees . And every time they elect me , I 'm humbled . I strive harder to live up to that ideal . I wanna be that man . And I wo n't let you , or anyone else , get in my way .