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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.
Can I ask the Senator a question? I believe the Senator was in the Senate when President Bush gave the order to send American troops to Panama because so many heavy narcotics were coming through Panama, much of it under the control of one…
I have seen it impact our border areas in the United States. I go down to Otay Mesa where trucks are lined up by the thousands and you have Customs agents who maybe earn $45,000 or $50,000 a year--we know some trucks are loaded with tons…
I want to speak about the two judges before us and indicate my strong support for the appointment of both Judge Paez and Mrs. Berzon. Judge Paez has been before this body for 4 years. He has had two hearings and has been reported out of…
I join the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, Senator Leahy, and my colleagues in urging the majority to appoint conferees and proceed to conference on the juvenile crime bill. It has now been one month and four days since the…
I agree. Funding the vessel will be a win, win, win proposition for the military. The Marine Corps will get their third MPF (E) in a timely manner and at minimal cost, the Army could reach an end state with all eight ships for…
The Marine Corps has an unfunded requirement for one additional sealift ship to complete their Maritime Prepositioning Force Enhancement [MPF (E)] program. In recent testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Lieutenant General…
I happen to remain convinced that sustained, active dialog and engagement with the Chinese leadership is the wisest course, but in these discussions we must be frank and open and the interests of both our Nations must be served. The United…
Under the terms of this bill the SAT guidelines affecting grazing will apply only to the specific work area location and only at the specific time that projects are conducted within the pilot project area. The applicability of these…
No, neither the authors of the bill, nor the Quincy Library Group ever intended to negatively impact grazing generally.
The only location where these guidelines would apply to grazing is where cattle are actually in the work area and at the same time a QLG activity is taking place. The QLG resource management activities include building defensible profile…
If I might say this: Some people have pooh-poohed--maybe pooh-poohed is not a good senatorial word--let me say denigrated this concept. As one who sat on 5,000 cases, sentencing them, setting sentences and granting paroles for 6 years of…
On Paul Cassell, I think the Senator will remember, in the Judiciary Committee he had very compelling testimony and he submitted a brief which he had written particularly on this. I found it very, very compelling. I would like to refer to…
The rights in question--rights of crime victims not to be victimized yet again, through the processes by which Government bodies and officials prosecute, punish, and release the accused or convicted offender--are indisputably basic human…
I will vote to table this amendment to S. 1301, the Bankruptcy Reform bill, which expresses the sense of the Congress ``that the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee should promptly reduce the Federal Funds rate.'' My vote to table this…
What this does, and I quote from the amendment: Independent contractors, agricultural associations and such similar entities shall be subject to a cap on the number of H2-A visas that they may sponsor at the discretion of the Secretary of…
And so, could you clarify that these funds could be used for teacher preparation programs preparing teachers to teach in elementary and secondary schools, in particular elementary reading and mathematics?
I am really not prepared, based on the analytical data--and we have tried to get every single piece we could--to cast a vote which has repercussions for a quarter of a century and which would have repercussions on a State where 5 million…
That is correct. You see, the thing that bothers me is, in this rush to judgment, everything is evaluated based on the per-pack numbers that are thrown around, based on what is a net addition that will not be the real street addition. So…
My point is, Senator, I do not really know whom to believe. And that is why I am where I am with respect to this bill. Different committees have had different testimony. I do not know whether the Finance and the Commerce Committees…
Actually, Senator, those are not the facts--they may be the facts coming out of the White House.
I think if it goes from $2 to $4.50 in California, with the number of people addicted and the fact that most are low income, that it creates a black market. One of the concerns I have is that it becomes a real pawn for organized criminal…
That is correct. There was a proposition on the ballot that did do that. That generated the market. They have made some major arrests with large numbers of confiscated goods to go on the black market.
I believe that is correct. Law enforcement has said there is now a substantial black market in California. With the franchise tax, port authorities advise that the State loses about $20 million to $50 million a year in revenue now from…
The independent Wall Street analysts said they believed it would happen at $3 to $3.50 a pack. Mr. Myers, representing Tobacco-Free-Kids, testified before our committee that he believed you could take an additional $2 on a pack before it…
I have been troubled by the absence of sound analytical data. I just sent my staff to the Joint Tax Committee, and as of May 18, there is a small report which shows the distributional effects of S. 1415 as reported by the Senate committee…
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