Dianne Feinstein

Congress included $20 million in last year's appropriations for consent-based siting of nuclear waste.

We have 84 dams in California that are in less than satisfactory condition, and would cause fatalities, or significant property damage if they--pardon me?

The President's budget recommends no funding for these critical projects this year. My question is, why?

How quickly can you finalize the program rules and get out these funds, so we can start repairing dangerously-deficient dams in California?

Climate change, of course, is a major contributing cause of these changes.

In order to repair these dams, I have worked with my colleagues to include in last year's Energy and Water Bill $12 million to provide low-interest loans to restore non-Federal dams under the Water Infrastructure, Finance and Innovation…

I have worked hard with my colleagues to develop appropriate funding under the WIIN Act to build storage projects.

I am really concerned. I mean, 84 is a big number of dams to be at reach.

This is the most extensive, severe drought in the west in recorded history.

I am really encouraged by this administration's commitment to address climate change and improve the Nation's infrastructure.

I want to just thank the Army Corps and the Bureau for their very hard work in managing what is becoming an increasingly challenging water situation in California.

I would hope that your Department of Justice would be particularly sensitive right now about anti-Asian hate crimes, because I think the increase of 150 percent has been quite dramatic.

I believe we can't tolerate this.

I think these are really important tools that empower family members and law enforcement to ask courts to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people found to be dangerous.

I come from a big State, and it is many different people.

I am very interested in hate crimes and there has been a very sharp increase in violence committed against Asian-Americans since the pandemic began.

I was pleased that the Administration renewed New START immediately upon taking office. We need to take a clear-eyed approach to dealing with Vladimir Putin, but reducing the nuclear danger should be a priority for cooperation between our…

I introduced a bill which is bipartisan which would require the Secretary of State to submit a report on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan.

I have never seen a pay differential this stark as the difference between Federal firefighter pay and State firefighter pay.

I hope the Members of this subcommittee can see this differential, a starting salary of $38,500, as opposed to California foresters being paid $70,000.

We have 19 million acres under Federal jurisdiction. State pay is $70,000. That is what Cal Fire pays to a State firefighter. The United States Forest Service pays $38,000.

I'm a big fan of the Guards and when these wildfires come to California, we really see with great appreciation their service.

Do you agree that waterboarding and other so-called enhanced interrogation techniques are not effective?

Will you assure us that the IC will not be in the business of running undeclared black site detention facilities or engaging in interrogations that use techniques beyond those listed in the Army Field Manual?

The tactics used were not only more brutal than what's known, they did not produce actionable intelligence.