Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"I think unfunded mandates in this area are particularly tricky and dangerous given the chronic underfunding of crime labs generally."

"if we impose unfunded mandates on the states on this issue, that we could actually diminish resources"

"I am in favor of building up the standards through, among other things, the creation of a National Forensic Science Commission."

"There has to be a private-public partnership in which NIST encourages and is the enabler, not the decider."