Dianne Feinstein

I would add very quickly, Mr. President, that there is one, deep, soft underbelly in the majority balanced budget amendment. You cannot use Social Security trust funds and spend the money on operating expenditures, whether it be for a…

The amendment as drafted does not distinguish between capital investment and current spending. Outlays are defined as "all outlays in the United States except for those for repayment of debt principal." Even if Congress were to create a…

It does permit a separate capital budget for major capital improvements. I believe it would be foolish to put strictures in the Constitution of the United States. It seems to me that the Constitution of the United States should provide…

No. As I understand it, for example, title I would not be a capital expenditure. The money that is given to poor children, which is I think the largest expenditure, would not be a capital expenditure. Capital expenditure would be reserved…

No, I disagree. Under the majority amendment it could not be done because, in the majority balanced budget amendment expenditures must equal outlays in every year. Therefore, you could not provide multi-year financing of major capital…

No. I respectfully direct the Senator to the amendment. It simply says, ``Enact and implement a separate capital budget.'' With every constitutional amendment, as the Senator well knows, the Congress would enact enabling legislation. The…

I can only say I believe a strong case can be made to the President to decertify Mexico, to provide a list of specific accomplishments that country should meet to waive decertification, and at any time during this next year that they meet…

As cochair of the Senate Cancer Coalition, I am pleased today to join with Senator D'Amato in introducing S. 249, the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1997. The Bill This bill does four things: For treatment of breast cancer, it…

I think during a military operation, an attack on the President, on the very policy that is determining that operation is, frankly, ill-advised, I think it is highly partisan, I think it could put American and other lives at risk, and…

The 44 acres in question are part of the original deed; however, they are contiguous to lands under less restrictive deeds thus creating a danger to this parcel.

I have very strong concerns that this requirement could result in indefinite delays in the project. Further, I understand Secretary Pena, Governor Wilson, and the Federal Transit Administration [FTA] share these same concerns. I understand…

This bill as drafted would remove from SSI, from AFDC, and from Medicaid, everyone legally in this country that happens to be a newcomer. It is retroactive in that respect. The amendment that Senator Boxer and I put forward would make this…

Under present law, affidavits of support are not legally enforceable. In the immigration bill, that is one of the things that is achieved. It is a binding contract, an affidavit, so that in the future these contracts will be legally…

I echo the statement of my colleague, Senator Boxer, and only add to it that in a discussion with an editor of the Los Angeles Times on this matter yesterday, I think there is conflicting data as to whether there are certain guidelines or…

The present law states that deportation notices will be sent out in Spanish and English. The bill coming out of committee deletes this. So deportation notices would be sent out in English, essentially. There is no requirement in the law…

My concern is that if this is removed from the bill, deportation notices, particularly in California, will go out in English only, and the great bulk of them go to Spanish. So we are taking out the requirement that it be--just as the…

Each order to show cause, or other notice in this subsection, shall be printed in English and Spanish and shall specify that the alien may be represented by an attorney in deportation proceedings, et cetera. All we are putting back in is…

This amendment essentially corrects what I believe is a mistake in the bill. Present law allows for the use of both English and Spanish in deportation orders. The bill, as it came out of committee, struck that section. Therefore, only…

I come, obviously, along with my colleague, Senator Boxer, from the State most heavily impacted by illegal immigration in the Nation. The presentation of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Judiciary Committee showed that…

Indeed, it is true that the Taiwan Relations Act takes legal precedence over the 1982 Joint Communique. One is the law of the land, and the other is a diplomatic agreement not ratified by Congress. But that is precisely what makes this…

Mr. President, in the last 2 weeks we have watched as China has tested four missiles in close proximity to Taiwan, and the People's Liberation Army has conducted live-ammunition military exercises in the Taiwan Strait. These tests and…

I think particularly the public hospitals in the urban centers are going to be whacked in the head unless this amendment is adopted, because a large percentage of patients comprise this population and there would be no reimbursements, no…

What this amendment does is essentially assures that, in those large counties or groups of counties with a population greater than 500,000, that there be provision, with permission of the State--this is the modification in the amendment…

This is not just a legal immigrant, but a naturalized citizen too. We are not talking here about removing that requirement for legal immigrants in this amendment. This is just for naturalized citizens.

Only if they have become United States citizens. In other words, the deeming provision does not apply if you are naturalized. In this bill, the deeming provision extends even to naturalized citizens. Therefore, they would not be eligible.