Dianne Feinstein

I very much appreciate what you are trying to do to correct the long-standing, I think, failed policy of fire suppression.

I think it is going to cause a huge problem of conflict in the State.

I believe that, from the beginning, it has been intentional not to include a specific medically accurate definition in the bill. The bill is a Trojan horse. It could impact D&E abortions, the most common abortion method used, but the…

In addition to recommending an ``immediate standdown'' in the alert status of the nuclear forces reduced under this treaty, it is my understanding that in his testimony, General Habiger also suggested that a system to take weapons off…

Our bill bans human reproductive cloning.

Under our bill, anyone who even attempts to clone a human being will face a 10-year prison term and a minimum $1 million fine.

I believe that we should adopt a balanced, common-sense approach to this issue: ban human cloning--that is, creating a whole-body, carbon copy of a human being--but permit valuable stem cell research to continue, with strong and strict…

Do you support the holding of Roe that women have a constitutionally recognized and protected right to choose?

I think it is very important, because I think we have a reasonable certainty that this bill is going to pass.

I deeply believe that stem cell research today in America is one of the brightest scientific fields we know of and offers unparalleled hope and opportunity for so many victims of a myriad of chronic, debilitating, and often fatal diseases…

Once again, this is just a very modest amendment. It delays the implementation of this mandate by 1 year, until 2005. It gives both coasts of the United States the opportunity to do what they need to do to increase refining capacity, to…

That is exactly correct, because of the subsidy on ethanol, usually 18 cents a gallon, which goes into the highway trust fund. With ethanol, it drops to 13 cents a gallon. That is a $7 billion take from the highway trust fund over the…

On Thursday, Senator McConnell and I introduced legislation that had findings as well as bill language containing some sanctions. The title of the legislation is the Arafat Accountability Act. I do not want to argue that now, but I do want…

I think that is exactly correct. What Dennis Ross said, essentially, was the final negotiations, that had been gone over prior to this meeting in the White House, had been gone over with the negotiators--that the implication is, that there…

I was really quite surprised by these comments. I thought they were of such significance that I ask unanimous consent to have the entire interview printed in the Record.

If I understand the context of the Senator's argument, what he is saying is that New York does not need an oxygen requirement, that New York can use reformulated gasoline and can meet the clean air standards by this reformulated gasoline…

I realize that. I find myself in agreement with the Senator. What I have wanted all along is for California--because we do not have an infrastructure in place in the state and we know there is going to be a price spike--to have the EPA…

So I want to identify myself with where the Senator is going. If these two States were to receive a waiver from the oxygenate requirement, we would certainly be satisfied.

I sincerely believe, in the wake of September 11, this is the most important bill this Senate can pass in terms of being able to begin to fix what is a very broken system and also to begin to change our priorities. Our immigration policies…

I agree with those in the Senate who believe homeland defense is extraordinarily important; that this asymmetrical warfare we are engaged in is going to last a substantial period of time, perhaps a decade or more; and that when we took…

I am pleased that he shares my strongly-held view that we need to ensure that the voting rights of all American citizens, regardless of where they reside, needs to be safeguarded.

Let me also quote from the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association: [This association] believes that this measure will tend to improve price transparency in natural gas markets, leading to a more efficient and stable…

I thank the Senator. Our intent in drafting the amendment was that the sugar that comes in is within the program, not outside the program. But only 40 countries now covered by the program are eligible to participate. If there is an…

I am aware of the problem raised by the ranking member. To this end, I am willing to reduce funding for two California land acquisition projects--the San Diego National Wildlife Refuge and the San Joaquin National Wildlife Refuge--by…

I understand the chairman's concern about the level of funding required to complete this purchase. I share his concern. I am personally working with all parties involved in the agreement in an effort to substantially reduce the federal…