Dianne Feinstein

The extraordinary courtesy of the Senator is appreciated because he is actually correct. It did say ``in relation to.'' But I quickly accept his offer to have an up-or-down vote.

I have stated in the Senate numerous times it is the duty of this Congress to make sure our regulators have all the authority they need to prevent fraud and manipulation in the energy markets. Simply put, this is what our amendment does…

But you, Mr. Chairman, were the one who said, yes, let us do the hearing, and that counts for a lot.

Mr. Schwarzenegger has to be able to take office. He's got to be able to do what he said he would do. And everybody, we all ought to help that job get done.

As I understand it, the Stanford 9 is a nationally norm-referenced test. It can certainly be given every year, and I believe the Mayor will agree to that. If your question is, Are you saying the students will be tested every other year…

What you have just stated and what I have been told is that in order to have a fair test evaluation and compare apples to apples, the same test has to be used, which in the District is the Stanford 9, for the 5-year period. So that is the…

You might not find the ``i'' dotted or the ``t'' crossed exactly the way you would like to have the ``i'' dotted or the ``t'' crossed. This isn't a program that is national. It is not a program that is going to exist for 50 years. It is a…

But it's as if it's a wall. It's as if everything comes one way and nothing ever sticks that comes back the other way.

There's a feeling that you know it all, the administration knows it all, and nobody else knows anything.

I think there are very strong feelings emerging.

The doctrine of unilateral preemption is a flawed doctrine when faced with an asymmetric threat.

That's $113 billion that none of us thought would be the cost.

We want to see a democratic Iraq, if possible.

I think no one can give an unequivocal statement that our nuclear supplies, plants, et cetera, are unequivocally safe. I think a lot of steps have been taken. As to whether they are adequate to meet any challenge, I have never heard anyone…

I wish to inquire of my friend, the distinguished chairman of the Labor, HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, about the nature of funding in this measure for the care and treatment of unaccompanied alien children. As my friend knows, in the…

There is no question that the danger is real.

We have seen firsthand how ill-prepared our Nation was for this kind of asymmetrical warfare.

The PATRIOT Act is controversial.

With respect to interoperability, it is my understanding that for a couple hundred thousand dollars, a community can buy these vans.

I think that the ideas that you have on pages 4 and 5 of your executive summary really constitute a bill.

I think you are right on on the threat level, and one of the things that has impacted me is the threat targets are pretty well-known.

I would contend that border counties fall within that category of high risk, by definition, and should receive a significant part of first responder spending, and not by accident.

The formula under which these monies are distributed really fails to do that.

If I may respond, this is an amendment on market manipulation. You, Mr. Chairman, have just said there wasn't market manipulation.

I would like to present evidence specifically. I have 18 to 20 disks involving 3,000 pieces of paper which is evidence presented to FERC of market manipulation in the California market. This Senator has done a great service because those…