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Congress should be working to reduce crime by keeping dangerous weapons off our nation’s streets and ensuring that criminals pay their debts to society. I have been an outspoken advocate for strong gun control laws during my tenure in Congress. Additionally, I introduced legislation, "The Debbie Smith Act," that was signed into law to ensure that DNA evidence is processed in a timely manner so that rapists are put behind bars.
Legislation
07/28/2011 - H.R. 2688, Runaway Reporting Improvement Act of 2011 [112th Congress]
07/15/2011 - H.R. 2554, Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act of 2011 [112th Congress]
04/13/2011 - H.R.1523, SAFER Act of 2011 [112th Congress]
03/09/05 - H.R.1193, Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2005
02/09/05 - H.R.714, Protecting the Rights of Workplace Victims of Violence
01/20/04 - H.R.3703, Protecting the Rights of Workplace Victims of Violence [108th Congress]
01/27/03 - H.R.374, Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2003 [108th Congress]
09/10/01 - H.R.2874, Debbie Smith Act [107th Congress]
02/14/01 - H.R.682, Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2001 [107th Congress]
01/30/01 - H.R.284, Protecting the Rights of Workplace Victims of Violence [107th Congress]
04/13/00 - H.R.4317, Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2000 [106th Congress]
10/19/99 - H.R.3106, Employer Liability for Gender-Related Violence Act of 1999 [106th Congress]
04/15/97 - H.R.1332, Employer Liability for Gender-Related Violence Act of 1997 [105th Congress]
Documents/Reports
03/09/04 - Letter To Sen. Majority Leader Frist Regarding Debbie Smith Act
More on Criminal Justice
NEW YORK, NY: Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY) spotlighted astonishing results from New York City's reduction of its DNA evidence backlog from sexual assault crimes, with senior trial counsel from the Manhattan District Attorney's office and anti-rape advocates. The group detailed how the city's processing of DNA kits led to hundreds of rapists identified, with many prosecuted.
Washington, DC - Today, after Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that the Department of Justice will commit $1 billion over the next five years to improving DNA testing in criminal cases, including $176 million in fiscal year 2004, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), joined Congressman Mark Green (R-WI), and Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) to introduce H.R. 1046, "The Debbie Smith Act," in the House of Representatives. Congresswoman Maloney is the lead Democrat on the bill. They were joined by Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA), Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), sponsors of the bill in the Senate, which passed unanimously in the Senate last year.
Washington, DC - Today, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the lead Democrat on H.R. 1877, praised her colleagues for passing this important piece of legislation. The Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act gives federal agents the authority to wiretap suspected sex predators and child pornographers.
Washington, D.C.: Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Congressman Mark Green (R-WI), along with Barry Scheck, National Legal Expert on the Use of DNA in Criminal Proceedings, Debbie Smith, crime victim whose attacker was caught through DNA evidence, Meredith Wagner, Executive Vice-President, Lifetime Television, held a news conference on The Debbie Smith Bill in Washington, D.C. today.
NEW YORK: Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY), together with Barry Scheck, National Legal Expert on the Use of DNA in Criminal Proceedings, and Debbie Smith, crime victim whose attacker was caught through DNA evidence, announced sweeping reform today, outside of Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan, for the collection and processing of DNA in sex crime cases.