Dianne Feinstein actually said...

"I would like to begin by putting a couple of letters in the record."

"Thank you for providing me, a former member of this esteemed committee, with the opportunity to testify on this extremely important piece of legislation."

"I asked him, 'Do you want to go forward with this? Do you want to go forward with this and subject yourself to this kind of hearing and this kind of grilling in public under oath?' And he said, 'I am ..."

"The Senate has twice before found him qualified for Senate-confirmed positions, as Senator Feinstein has said."