Kelly Ayotte

If that information is not flowing down fully to State and local in the way it needs to, then we do need to address that.

I think we can do something about this. We should.

This is something that we can help address here by making sure that the information sharing is improved.

There should be a mandate somewhere that the Federal authorities have to share that with us so that we can properly defend our community.

So what we need to do is make sure--you hit it right on.

I would hope is for obviously every single question on this survey, that it be scrutinized very carefully.

I would hope that in your new position we would not be asking questions of individuals that are not fully justified or necessary.

I want to thank you, Dr. Thompson, and let me just say your qualifications are impeccable.

I think one of the things the report identified in it was that the costs of the decennial census rose from $8 billion in 2000 to $13 billion in 2010.

I agree with that. I mean, I think that is why we have the Daubert standard, that is why we have vigorous cross-examination.

I would argue that is a good thing, not a bad thing.

The validity of forensics is incredibly important to the integrity of the justice system

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

It is the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of the world, as people clean out all of our bank files.

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

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 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.

This funding was very important in my laboratory.

I think it is in everyone's interest to have certification, to have proficiency training, to have accreditation.

I happen to represent one in Manchester that has an airport that US Air will fly directly to Reagan.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and I thank you for holding this hearing to examine the issues associated with the proposed merger between US Airways and American Airlines.

The whole reason for a merger is to combine operations and throw somebody out of work.

Frankly, New Hampshire gets 37 cents on the dollar of what we contribute to the Universal Service Fund.

It's hard for me to look people in New Hampshire in the eye and say that this makes any sense for my state