Dianne Feinstein

I do want to say that we need to take some steps, and I am delighted to have the witnesses before us that are here today.

I am not going to vote for a bill unless there can be reconciliation between the various interests.

I feel very concerned because what appears publicly is not what you hear behind the scenes.

For my vote, we have to take care of the universities.

Congressman Lewis, you raise an excellent question. One of the main charges that I have is to try to work through those issues, and we are, in fact, working through them.

I am interested in holding countries responsible for the behavior of their entities.

It seems to me that there's a situation where virtually anything that happens seems to rub Russia the wrong way.

If the Pakistanis won't go in and decimate the terrorist leadership, and the terrorist leadership is allowed to grow, it's going to impact Pakistan negatively.

The President and his advisers, our leaders in the military and diplomatic corps, and Members of Congress need to know all the perspectives and all the threats to better set the policies to protect our union.

I think we believe that this is not a shortcoming; it is a strength.

I happen to be one that believe that the EPA was very politicized in the past administration.

I point out that at the end of the day, I think there have been some significant layoffs. All along the retail industry, whether it is Starbucks or whether it is various retail establishments; like Gottschalks department stores--38 stores…

Yes, that is our intent. All of the National Scenic Trails would be eligible for this funding, which would create jobs, generate economic value, and provide healthy recreational opportunities.

The $23 million in funding for trail maintenance could be used for any of the eight National Scenic Trails in this country. Many of these trails are in disrepair, have unsafe crossings and uncompleted sections that could be repaired with…

Do you believe that torture can ever be legally justified under United States or international law?

It would be a case-by-case determination. The principles... call for a presumption in favor of disclosure.

I'm particularly concerned about this third category, and I want to ask you a question about the legal authority to hold somebody in this category.

Do you believe that the proper interpretation of law is that the search and seizure protections of the Fourth Amendment are null and void when it comes to a domestic military operation in the United States?

I thank the witness for his presence here today.

OLC should publicly disclose its written opinions in a timely manner, absent strong reasons for delay or nondisclosure.

I have been asking for the October 2001 memo to be released for almost 1 year now.

Do you believe that waterboarding is torture?

Do you believe that torture yields reliable information and intelligence?

I think there is authority to hold enemy combatants, and I'm thinking particularly of the Supreme Court's decision on the Hamdi case.

I know I cast a vote that I have to live with for the rest of my life, based on that Iraq NIE.