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Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) News Release
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WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) today joined Vice President Joe Biden, United States Attorney General Loretta Lynch, and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance to announce the award of $79 million in grants, which will be used to help eliminate the rape kit DNA testing backlog. Maloney authored the Debbie Smith Act, which provides more than $100 million each year for DNA testing. She also authored the Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Act, which directed funds for audits of the rape kit backlog, and increased resources for the analysis of untested rape kits.
"The rape kit backlog remains an enormous problem, and today we take a major step toward eliminating it for good," Maloney said. "I applaud Vice President Joe Biden, Attorney...