WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
In honor of National Police Week, the Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced several bipartisan bills co-sponsored by Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) that support law enforcement and promote community safety. This includes the Carla Walker Act, sponsored by Sen. Welch and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), which would dedicate existing federal grant funds to support forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) DNA analysis and help solve previously unsolvable cold cases.
Recently, Vermont State Police used forensic genetic genealogy (https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2026-05-06/vermont-state-police-identify-remains-man-missing-25-years) to identify the remains of Brian Canfield...