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Dianne Feinstein

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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.

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Jan 27, 2015

This particular opinion is important, and it would be useful if we can review it.

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Jan 27, 2015

Without these opinions, you do not really know the legal basis upon which an administration has based certain activities, and it has been very frustrating to us.

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Jan 27, 2015

I see the combination of steel and velvet. I see your effectiveness before a jury. I see your love for the Constitution.

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Dec 13, 2014

I thank my colleague so much for this clarification. This is a very important clarification. lead content regulation

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Dec 13, 2014

I wish to discuss an important matter related to H.R. 83, the omnibus bill, with my colleague from Maryland, Senator Mikulski. As you know, section 111 of this bill for the Corps of Engineers discusses the agricultural exemptions under…

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Dec 10, 2014

CIA says un-noble if we could have gotten the Intel other ways. Studies show it is knowable. CIA had info before torture.

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Dec 8, 2014

Stripped naked, diaper, physically struck and put in various painful stress positions for long periods of time. They were deprived of sleep for days, in one case, up to 180 hours.

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Sep 8, 2014

I am proud to have recommended her to President Obama.

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Sep 8, 2014

Thank you very much for letting me be here today.

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Sep 8, 2014

Thank you very much. The normal rule is 5-minute rounds.

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Sep 1, 2014

The President perhaps is being cautious when it comes to dealing with ISIS.

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Jul 30, 2014

So I thank the Senator for her support and her energy and effort that she has put forward. I hope this body does the right thing. Remembering Admiral Chuck Larson

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Jul 30, 2014

Well, that is exactly right. The chairwoman's supplemental does that. That is really what makes the difference for the child. If a child can't speak the language and if a child is held in a jail cell and if a child is shackled and…

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Jul 23, 2014

We lose $20 billion a year because we don't have it and we become responsible for it.

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Jul 23, 2014

This is a very serious thing that we keep this balance.

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Jul 23, 2014

I hope that the 3 of us here and including my ranking member that I work closely with, Lamar Alexander, can sit down with you and have some conversations on where long term we go in terms of this balance because as you authorize and we try…

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Jul 23, 2014

I want you to know that. She knows that we lose $20 billion a year because we don't have it and we become responsible for it.

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Jul 23, 2014

We've got nuclear waste piling up all over this country.

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Jul 15, 2014

This legislation will make it easier for communities across the Nation to improve their public infrastructure.

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Jul 14, 2014

It's very difficult to overstate the risk of wildfire for my State.

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Jul 14, 2014

I really want to thank both you and the Ranking Member for your help with our drought bill. It would not have happened without you both.

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Jul 9, 2014

The purpose is pretty much as Secretary Johnson has elucidated, and that is to see that unaccompanied youngsters who came from countries that were far away, through no initiative of their own, for the most part, really would have a process…

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Jul 9, 2014

I introduced this unaccompanied minor bill.

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Jul 9, 2014

I want you to know that I am fully supportive of this supplemental, and I agree with what you have said.

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Jun 17, 2014

The Maliki government, candidly, has got to go, if you want any reconciliation.

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