of course, i welcome debbie smith and her husband to the committee once again. she lived in fear for years after being attacked before her kit was tested and her perpetrator was caught. debbie and her husband rob worked tirelessly to ensure that others need not experience her ordeal. on a personal basis, we just mentioned, debbie, you and rob, and i have talked so many times and i will say it again, thank you for being here. rob, thank you for being here. the two of you are, in my orbit of friends, i put you right there right at the very first line and two people i admire greatly. the remuch of these untested rape kits is something i have heard again which is a great comfort to all of us here. the debbie smith program is working its way to tremendous gains across the country. i have heard from the justice department, the states, the law enforcement and victims advocates that debbie smith brands have led to significant meaningful backlog reductions across the country. eric buhl, the director of the vermont forensic laboratory described to me how federal funding fo

of course, i welcome debbie smith and her husband to the committee once again. she lived in fear for years after being attacked before her kit was tested, and her perpetrator was caught. debbie and her husband rob have worked tirelessly to insure that others need not experience her ordeal. on a personal basis, let me just mention, debbie, you and rob and i have talked so many times. i'll say again, thank you for being here. rob, thank you. for being here. the two of you are in my orbit of friends i put you right there right at the very first line and two people i admire greatly. the research problem of untested rape kit cans is one thing i've heard again and again. debbie smith program is working, it's made tremendous gains across the country. i've heard from the justice justice department, the states and law enforcement, victims' advocates the debbie smith grants have led to significant, meaningful backlog reductions in jurisdictions across the country. the directer of the vermont forensic laboratory described to me how federal funding for testing in a case man

act, and the justice for all act includes the debbie smith rape kit reduction act, authorizing significant funding to reduce the backlog of untested rape kits so victims do not have to live in fear and we have seen this happening around the country. now we're going to examine some disturbing reports that despite the important progress we've made tone sure justice for rape victims, in too many jurisdictions, large numbers of kits continue to sit untested. when d.n.a. evidence taken from rape victims can be iewbsed to find and convict criminals and instead it sits on a shelf and rape victims are victimized once again and our communities become more dangerous rather than safer. that's unacceptable and we have to fix that problem. since we passed this law in 2004, it has resulted in

of course, i welcome debbie smith and her husband to the committee once again. she lived in fear for years after being attacked before her kit was tested and her perpetrator was caught. debbie and her husband rob worked tirelessly to ensure that others need not experience her ordeal. on a personal basis, we just mentioned, debbie, you and rob, and i have talked so many times and i will say it again, thank you for being here. rob, thank you for being here. the two of you are, in my orbit of friends, i put you right there right at the very first line and two people i admire greatly. the remuch of these untested rape kits is something i have heard again which is a great comfort to all of us here. the debbie smith program is working its way to tremendous gains across the country. i have heard from the justice st meaningful backlog reductions across the country. eric buhl, the director of the vermont forensic laboratory described to me how federal funding for the case management physicians has resulted in the elimination of all backlogs in vermont to check d.n.a. evid

i welcome debbie smith and her husband once again. tested and her perpetrator caught. she and her husband worked tirelessly to ensure a there is need not experience her ordeal. let me just mention debbie and i have talked so many times. thank you for being here. ymrob, thank you for beingi]q . the two of you are -- i put you right at the very first line and two people i admire greatly. there is one thing i have heard again and again which would be a great comfort to all of us here. the program has made tremendous gains across the country. i have heard from the justice department and law enforcement that the grants have led to a meaningful backlog reductionsç and justice for victims across the country. the director of the vermont forensic laboratory described hal funding -- describe how this has resulted in all production of backlogs in vermont to solve cases. i hope our state of vermont will be an example for other jurisdictions. i also know that he was clear in saying the bratt success would not be possible without funding -- by sa

and i welcome debbie smith and her husband to the committee once again. she lived in fear for years after being attacked before her kit was tested and her perpetrator was caught. debbie and her husband rob have worked tirelessly to ensure that others do not experience that ordeal. on a personal basis, let me just mention, debee, you and rob and i have talked so many times. i'll say it again, thank you for being here. rob, thank you for being here. the two of you in my circle of friends, i put you right there, two people i admire greatly. the research is one thing i have heard again and again that should be of great comfort. debee smith program is working and has made tremendous gains across the country. i have heard from the justice department, the states, law enforcement and victims' advocates. the debee smith grants have led to significant meaningful backlog reductions in jurisdictions across the country. the director of the vermont forensic laboratory described to me how federal funding for testing in a case manager position has resulted in elimination

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the law was named for debbie smith, a rape victim who waited years until her attacker was found. >> each box holds within it vital evidence that is crucial to the safety of women everywhere. statistics prove that the average rapist will rape 8 to 12 times before he is caught. how many of these rapes could be prevented? i merely existed for six-and-a-half years waiting for my rapist to be identified, trying my best to devin the sound of his voice in my ear. >> sreenivasan: new legislation would require the federal government to collect testing on untested rape kits. some 800,000 doses of swine flu vaccine for young children have been recalled. the food and drug administration said the potency of the shots had dropped since they were shipped out but fda officials said children who received the shots are still protected. that means they won't have to be vaccinated again. more than 50 million roman-style window shades and roll-up blinds are also being recalled. the consumer product safety commission said today they might strangle young children who get entangled in the cords. eight such deat