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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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Jun 11, 2013

We are already under attack. This is the new, enduring war. We are in a cyber war every day.

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Jun 10, 2013

Our primary concern is with the strategic intent of China's military modernization efforts and its implications for cross-Strait and regional stability.

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May 22, 2013

I am confident that he will do an outstanding job as Associate Attorney General, and he has my strong support.

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May 22, 2013

I was proud to support the 1994 omnibus crime bill.

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May 22, 2013

I would like to say a few words to offer my strong support to a native Californian, Tony West, to be Associate Attorney General of the United States.

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May 21, 2013

California was going to have its worst drought in history this year.

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May 21, 2013

Well, I'm a strong supporter of both of those. And if you need help, please call.

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May 14, 2013

If you want to reduce the debt, we work on controlling cost overruns on Department of Energy projects or rolling in, reining in entitlement spending.

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May 14, 2013

This is a legal decision, and we owe this money. It's not in the budget.

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May 14, 2013

We want to see projects that get done and are managed and are tightly managed.

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May 14, 2013

Where does it rank on your list of priorities?

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May 14, 2013

Is it number one in your priority? I mean, don't you think we should have the cost, the schedule, and the scope baseline?

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May 14, 2013

I think there's somebody with the green eyeshade down there in the Office of Management and Budget who just thinks it's a cool idea to talk about selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, and we don't appreciate that approach.

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May 14, 2013

So before we mark up the budget, and mark up our bill, I would like to know why funding was not requested for the next fiscal year 2014.

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May 14, 2013

But if you're not funding it, do you think you can achieve it?

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May 14, 2013

It's almost as if there's a kind of ether over there, and projects just sort of float in the ether, and they don't really get any hands-on management.

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May 14, 2013

We are committed to satisfy our obligation to the State.

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May 14, 2013

So we would like the exascale strategic plan, which was due more than a year ago, by the end of this month.

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May 6, 2013

I really believe that. And it will kill agriculture.

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May 6, 2013

I would say that that's a matter of the highest priority to get resolved.

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May 6, 2013

Unless we're able to hold water from the wet years for the dry years, California will end up as a desert State.

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May 1, 2013

Senator Feinstein, who is the head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, specifically addressed this issue that, yes, after the underwear bomber, she and others in Congress suggested to President Obama that they do not allow people to go…

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Apr 27, 2013

What did he do when he went back for six months? Did he sit in his aunt and uncle's home for six months? Or was he doing something else? And when he came back to this country, why didn't it ring a bell with the FBI intelligence unit that…

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Apr 26, 2013

What did he do when he went back for six months? Did he sit in his aunt and uncle's home for six months? Or was he doing something else? And when he came back to this country, why didn't it ring a bell with the FBI intelligence unit that…

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