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Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. She was the first woman to hold this position, breaking significant barriers in a predominantly male political landscape. Throughout her tenure, Feinstein was known for her advocacy on issues such as gun control, environmental protection, and intelligence oversight, playing a pivotal role in shaping legislation in these areas.
This has been a longstanding compromise that has been out there, which is a negotiated compromise. If I might ask one other question, in the negotiations that the Senator had on AgJOBS, how long did it take to come up with this negotiated…
Well, of course it does. Of course it concerns me. But we learn in this business. And I think Katrina was a big learning lesson for all of us. And we have not done right by our infrastructure. One of the problems is, as we have to cut…
Well, it is interesting. City and county budgets have to be balanced. The only budgets that do not have to be balanced are the State budget, at least in California, and the Federal budget. But we had to balance our budget, so, yes, I did…
Yes. Because I am told the declaration of emergency by the State and the contingent emergency by the President, which he said he would declare this morning, effectively clears that for this particular work on these particular high-priority…
It would appear, if you look at the profit margins, that the industry is purposely keeping refining capacity low.
It would appear, if you look at the profit margins, that the industry is purposely keeping refining capacity low.
Let me ask this question. The question is whether I can have such a commitment from the majority leader, since these are both bills that have passed this body unanimously and have also been conferenced by the House, if we could consider…
I believe I am to be recognized by unanimous consent directly following the tributes to Senator Corzine. I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to the Senator from New Jersey. He has been indeed a good Senator. His tenure here has…
I wonder, Mr. President, if you will allow me a brief response to the chairman and manager of the bill.
Let me ask this question. Did the Senator get the idea from all of the big oil companies that none of them wanted these tax incentives?
If I might say, Mr. President, I have great admiration for the Senator from Maine in the way she has conducted herself and the leadership she has shown.
If I may respond. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from California is recognized.
All these letters are in support of this amendment which earmarks money based on intelligence analysis of risk and threat. I reserve the remainder of my time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Hampshire is recognized.
I will take 15 minutes, Senator Kennedy 30 minutes, Senator Levin 15 minutes, and Senator Clinton 5 minutes.
In the first place, there is no Federal delegated authority for safety. Let me give you an example, a case in point of what that means. That case in point was presented by Senator Kennedy on the Fall River placement of an LNG facility in…
However, Senator Sessions has asked to speak for 3 minutes, and then I would like to have 1 minute to wrap up, if I might. I ask unanimous consent that the time be extended in that regard.
I call up amendment No. 841. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from California [Mrs. Feinstein], for herself and Ms. Snowe, Mr. Reed, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Kennedy, Ms…
It seems to me that asking for an AUSA to sign off takes us back to the world where the answer to terrorism was criminal prosecution.
This is a very broad power. When used directly, the individual would know about it. In this case, they would have no recourse to court.
I'm drafting an amendment which would replace section 213 of Senator Roberts' bill with a provision to give the FBI the criminal administrative subpoena authority it requested, with two limitations.
Let me be clear--if this provision is passed into law, all of our discussion about Section 215 will be rendered superfluous.
The idea of replacing the most controversial authority in the PATRIOT Act with one that doesn't even contain prior approval is not responsible lawmaking.
For this reason, continued Congressional oversight will remain critically important.
I support the legislation's language to add protections to Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act.
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