Kelly Ayotte actually said...

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

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

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

I think that is the challenge. They spend a lot of time trying to figure out where the next funding source, Federal or otherwise, is going t...