she received her bachelors of science from florida university and her master's from florida international university. >> good morning, members of the committee. as stated, my name is stephanie, i am the crime laboratory director at miami dade police department and i am responsible for the managing operation of a full service laboratory. in addition to my duties as crime laboratory director i also sit on the board of the american society of crime laboratory directors which represents the interests of over 500 crime laboratory directors throughout the united states and overseas and plays an active role in overseeing the credibility and activity of labts. i am honored to be asked to speak to you about ensuring the effective use of d.n.a. evidence to solve rape cases nationwide. the role of crime laboratories is twofold. to provide investigative leads to remove dangerous offenders, or exonerate innocent suspects and to provide the results and interpretations resulting from these investigations in a court of law. at the end of the day, there are more cases that could be worked. cases must be p

she has also taught as an adjunct professor of forensic biology at florida international university and is a current board member of the american society of crime laboratory directors. she received her masters from florida international university. stephanie. >> good morning. i would say, mr. chairman, members of the committee, as stated my name is stephanie stoilo,ff, and i am responsible for the managing operation of a full-service laboratory. in addition to my duties as crime laboratory directer, i also sit on the board of the american society of crime laboratory directors which represents the interests of over 500 crime laboratory directors throughout the united states and overseas and play an active role in insuring the quality, integrity and credibility of forensic laboratories. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before your committee today, and i'm honored to be asked to speak to you about insuring the effective use of dna evidence to solve rape cases nationwide. the role is twofold, to provide investigative leads in order to remove dangerous offenders from the streets or ex

i am from the university of central florida. my question is, is democratic progress in danger of social unrest and the rights of the left minh latin america? -- in latin america? >> great question. i think the university of central florida may be in orlando and not miami. is that right? [laughter] we have to coordinate our facts here. that is an important question. i feel so strongly that we have to support the rights of all people to voice their opinions, and we want to further economic the quality -- not just prosperity, because for too many years prosperity has increase in latin america without being equally distributed. we want to know build a strong base of democratic support of fundamental principles of all people, and governments need to be accountable and responsive to the needs of their citizens, and i said earlier in my remarks that you really have to be supporting the entire constitutional foundation for democracy, and we do worry about leaders who get elected and get elected fairly and freely and legitimately, but the

she received her bachelors of science from florida university and her master's from florida international university. >> good morning, members of the committee. as stated, my name is stephanie, i am the crime laboratory director at miami dade police department and i am responsible for the managing operation of a full service laboratory. in addition to my duties as crime laboratory director i also sit on the board of the american society of crime laboratory directors which represents the interests of over 500 crime laboratory directors throughout the united states and overseas and plays an active role in overseeing the credibility and activity of labts. i am honored to be asked to speak to you about ensuring the effective use of d.n.a. evidence to solve rape cases nationwide. the role of crime laboratories is twofold. to provide investigative leads to remove dangerous offenders, or exonerate innocent suspects and to provide the results and interpretations resulting from these investigations in a court of law. at the end of the day, there are more cases that could be worked. cases must be p

. >> gainesville, florida, home to the university of florida and the florida gators prepare to ring in the new year in 29 hours and welcome inside the o'connell center. and tonight, david meets goliath. presbyterian blue hose take on the florida gators and good evening, i'm matt stewart joined by bill koss and hope you're ready for a big happy new year and bill, we have a matchup of biblical proportions tonight. on one hand, we have david, that's presbyterian, 1,200 enrollment. third year of their transition to division 1 basketball. then you have goliath, the florida gators. 50,000 enrollment. two national championships in the last four years. bill: this game means a lot to both programs. the florida gators may be the best team in college basketball in this decade, two national championships. presbyterian, just now getting to the division 1 level. their kids really feel strongly about their capabilities. they've got a vision for their program and this game means everything to them tonight. matt: star watch tonight, the post players for these two teams. for presbyterian, it's jake troy

taught as a professor of forensic biology at the international research institute at florida international universityniversity. >> good morning. my name is stephanie. i in the crime laboratory director and i am the -- i am the crime director. i also sit on the board of the american society of crime laboratory directors which represents the interests of 500 directors to wrathy country and place a great role in the credibility of these services. i am honored to be asked to speak to you about insuring the effective use of dna evidence to effective use of dna evidence to solve rape cases. ti+ the role of crime laboratories is to provide leads to remove dangerous offenders or exonerate innocent suspects and provide roles -- provide results in a court of law. there are more cases that could be worked. cases must be prioritized. the highest priority is given to those in which the subject has the greatest threat to society. crime laboratories are faced with insufficient personnel and funding to meet the needs of expectations of investigators and citizens. forensic science has become an critical component. cr

she has received her bachelor's in science fourth -- from florida university and her master's from 40 university. >> good morning. members of the committee. i am the crab -- the crime laboratory director and i am in charge of the managing operation of the full-service laboratory. those are working for the interests of over 500 crime laboratory directors overseas. the integrity and the ability of a forensic laboratory. i am ever reaching the opportunity to work with you about the effective use of dna evidence for solving these cases nationwide. this provides investigative leads to remove dangerous offenders, or to exonerate an innocent suspects. and the interpretations from these investigations. cases must be prioritized. limit -- when we come to these decisions, the high priority is what is the greatest -- the greatest threat to society. this includes personnel training to meet the needs of investigators and citizens. this is a critical component of the investigation. in addition to dna, we have evidence for controlled substances and firearms. the forensic service is 5% of the annual

to buy university of the university of central florida, the sixth largest in the nation, headed by presidentve symposiums, and we do a lot of stuff with young people. i can go out and push it. it is a great book, but i want people to know tsit is not a grt book because of my pocketbook. it looks inside congress. it humanizes the congress, and, boy, this covers need to be humanized. host: "no one ever got defeated on a vote he did not cast for a speech he did not make." guest: president bush said basically the same thing. he also said nothing is off the record. and gene mccarthy said, "do not trash the press." host: i will not comment on that. we go to anthony. good morning. caller: good morning, steve. good morning, mr. frederick steve, first of all, congratulations to your father for getting a new contract with the debdodgers. host: well, thank you, but he is not my father. he is not even related. go ahead with your question. caller: what do you think of the republican party today. there is a very fringe part of the party today that i do not agree with, and i saw a lot of editorials in diff

the senate finance committee, for example, in the bill, $100 million for the university of connecticut medical center. florida -- a grandfather clause that would -- the cost of a $3 billion to $5 billion. in massachusetts and vermont, $500,000,000.600000023 dollars respectively. in michigan, exemptions from the entrance fee -- $500 million and $600 million respectively. in montana, the home -- the home state of senator max baucus. some of the examples take hunter of "the wall street journal" points to. guest: it is true that some points are tailored for individual senators. some democrats will say that is part of the process, and that these things are coming to light before the vote, so there could be -- i think we're seeing it already, there could be political fallout already, potentially, so the public could decide whether these things are appropriated or not in the next election. host: ken joins us from cincinnati on the republican line. you are on with kate hunter. caller: thank you, mary christmas to all. they are going to get what they really want. they're thinking they are going to get free health care

florida, i'm pleased to have such strong allies such as unity coalition and its president, men initiating action and mobilization for change, other known as miami and south beach aids project, the university of miami, care resources, pride lines, jackson hospital and all who are in the fight against this global men ace. united and through greater awareness, research, prevention and treatment, we will save and improve countless lives and stop the spread of hiv-aids. thank you, mr. speaker, for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the house will be in order. please take your conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota rise? mr. paulsen: permission to address the house for one minute. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize a great example of the academic -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. the gentleman deserves to be heard. the house will be in order. the gentleman may proceed. mr. paulsen: i rise today to recognize a great example of the academic and business communities working together to create new lifesaving technologies. the medical device center at the university of m

university. after college, he worked his way up to become head coach for four years at standford and was head coach for six years at west virginia, but 34 years as head coach of floridate where he will be most remembered. in 1976, he took the rins of the team that had gone winless the previous season and he built one of the power houses of modern college football. during his 34 years at the hem of florida state, he led his team to 31 bowl games, including the past 28 years in a row during which he once led 14 consecutive bowl games without a loss. . he was named coach of the year six times and from 1987 to 2000 there was a streak of 14 consecutive years in the season-ending top five. during that time he coached two heisman trophy winners and his seminals played in five national championship games winning two. and it was in the beginning of that streak in the late 1980's that i first encountered the coach. as he did with so many, he left upon me an indelible impression. as a walk-on the seminal football team i had the good fortune to see firsthand coach boweden's rare skill on the practice field. but it was his kindness and generosity away from football that i will mo

colleague from florida pointed out, these are the independent arbiters, these are the guys whose job it is to really work the numbers. so i'd like to discuss some of the findings from the university of alaska, also try to inject some -- a little bit of common sense into the debate as to -- to what it means for alaska, how it increases their premiums, how it raises that cost curve on the federal health care expenses, the taxes on the small businesses, for the individuals, the families, the health benefits that the police, the pfeiffefirefighters, other prote services that put their lives on the line for so many. these are the things that unfortunately we might not be getting the full picture. now, our colleagues on the other side have claimed that -- that health care coverage will be expanded and, again, let's go to -- to our nonpartisan entities. the c.b.o. and the joint committee on taxation. the average premium per person if you purchase in the individual market is going to be 10% to 13% higher in 2016 than the average premium under current law. so that tells you that if these federal score keepers are correct, your premiums are going to go up under this health bill if you buy