Dianne Feinstein

Now is the time that action is needed. The State cannot afford to lose another round of water supplies due to less than full implementation of proactive measures that are available to the State and Federal agencies.

This may be the last opportunity we have to get enough additional water to make the five points in the drought bill that Senator Boxer and I have introduced

So I think this data supports the notion that more water pumping can occur without jeopardizing fish species.

I have never seen the level of desperation that exists all down the center of our State.

This may be the last opportunity we have to get enough additional water to make the five points in the drought bill that Senator Boxer and I have introduced.

I would like to ask that now, of both you and your distinguished Commissioner of Reclamation.

The Governor has called a state of emergency with respect to the drought.

Senator Alexander is a reasonable member; I would suggest you work something out.

California is in one of the worst droughts in its history.

The drought will continue to be a high priority activity in the Department.

I have no greater priority than leveraging all available resources to conserve and maximize water within California.

Will you ensure that the Department meets the 2015 deadline for implementing positive train control, as required by the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008?

In my view, this decision poses a great risk to people both in the air and on the ground, as well as to individual privacy, and it is contrary to congressional intent.

Will you commit to ensuring that positive train control projects are given priority when determining TIGER grant awards?

The FAA is directed to conduct a study of the implications of unmanned aircraft systems integration into national air space on individual privacy.

I want to thank you and the administration for requesting $825 million for positive train control (PTC).

I am very concerned about these drones starting up all over the country with all kinds of risks to personal privacy and personal safety.

We believe, as I believe you do, that the safety of our national air space is very important.

I very much hope that you will be confirmed.

For my vote I have to have certainty.

I think you were eloquent on the subject of the Confederate flag and what it means.

I was the main author on repealing the Defense of Marriage Act. I was one of 14 that voted against it in the 1990s.

The issue of choice is extraordinarily important to me. I represent a State which is dominantly pro-choice.

I think when you come to a Federal court, it is really very important that the questions of constitutionality on an issue are active by someone who, as Judge Abrams has said, will follow precedent.

I deeply regret what happened with respect to your nomination in the late 1990s.