Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"This funding was very important in my laboratory."

"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 to come from."

"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"