Dianne Feinstein

If we have learned anything it is that these facilities have to have the approval of their community and their State.

Is it necessary for anything for him to proceed? Could he unilaterally approve a Texas facility I think is a question worth asking.

Yes, I guess this is a problem that I certainly have is that you spend a billion, $1.22, and you do not really have a project yet.

I do not believe that fusion will be developed during my lifetime, and perhaps not the lifetime of the younger members of this body.

I am delighted that we have finally introduced a waste policy act bill for our country, which has no waste policy that we know of.

I see it for standing up for a principle. I know something about these girls. I know something about the history of abortion in this country. I am old enough to have gone through it and know that I don't want to go back to those days. I…

Well, let me answer a question with a question. Why doesn't my colleague just take it out? It is not in the House bill. Then we don't have to conference it, we don't have to have another fight, we can get the amendments in the bill to…

May I say one more thing? It is my understanding-- breaking news coming here--that there is no language in Federal statute on sex trafficking that defines a trafficking survivor as a victim of rape. So the victim would have to prove she is…

Not to my knowledge. Let me put it that way. Now you can blame me and say I should have known--I am not the only one on our committee, Senator, who is in this position, either, who communicated with your staff and was under the impression…

These types of settlement demands can be crippling to small business, but the attorney's fees required to fight the lawsuit might be 10 times as much.

The challenges facing drought-stricken areas are so severe that we will undoubtedly need to leverage Federal dollars and find innovative partners to help us provide as much relief as possible.

The quality and implementation of measures to prevent problems from occurring in the first place

I am concerned that year after year, the Centers for Disease Control reports that the United States has not made progress in reducing the number of foodborne Salmonella infections that occur.

Last year, President Obama and I travelled to Fresno, California to outline a drought relief action plan aimed at mitigating the impacts of this natural disaster for farmers, ranchers and residents alike.

I have long been interested in this, actually before my colleagues came on, and have tried to be helpful in getting more ag inspectors at our border.

I have had Campylobacter, and I know how serious it can be

I think you are taking action, and I am very pleased to see that.

I am pleased to know that your agency expects drug companies to fully participate in the agency's policy for withdrawing growth-promoting uses of medically important antibiotics in food animals.

In 2007, the Bush administration's Justice Department drafted legislation to close what is a gap and prevent a known or suspected terrorist from buying a gun or explosive in this country.

Human trafficking is now the second largest criminal enterprise in the world. It is behind only the drug trade.

In some areas like Los Angeles, even street gangs are running these trafficking rings.

I want to thank you for the work your people do in counterterrorism.

One of my disappointments was to learn that the 6-year report of the Senate Intelligence Committee on the detention and interrogation program sat in a locker and no one looked at it.

This must be stopped.

I have become very concerned about this and will be doing more on it.