Dianne Feinstein

The United Egg Producers represent approximately 90 percent of the eggs sold in the United States.

These two groups came together to forge a compromise agreement that can ensure the future of the egg industry.

The inability to keep these programs within initial budget confines, they go up exponentially, is a problem.

The sizes are all classified, and when you know the sizes then you see the catastrophe. That's the hard part.

Thank you very much, Senator.

Senator Alexander has specifically suggested that we look at root causes.

Well, let me then say thank you all very much. I think it's been a very interesting morning.

You can't go on and estimate something at $600 million and have it come in at $6 billion.

I think that Dr. Payne, whose views I respect very, very much, is still pretty much giving us the traditional cold war thinking about this.

We currently maintain two to three weapons in reserve for every actively deployed weapon.

My concern is that with that level of modernization program and with that emphasis on nuclear weapons, that the Russians have both the strategic level and at the tactical level, it would be extremely difficult to engage the Russians in…

I am just very dissatisfied with the progress.

A non-accredited school should not be permitted to take these students, and if you open a sham school, you go to jail.

I think the time has come, Senator Grassley and Mr. Chairman, to really get tough.

I think that is the difference between us. I was where you were 10 years ago, but it has not worked.

I started on this right after 9/11, and looking at sham schools, there was one right next to my office in San Diego.

There ought to be a strong penalty for that.

I am in support of this resolution with Senator Boxer congratulating the Los Angeles Kings on their 2012 Stanley Cup Championship. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the players, staff, and fans for obtaining…

I appreciate this. This is on software patents. It is my understanding that studies, statistics, and companies show that the patent system drains resources from high-tech industries.

The length of time it takes to obtain a patent is their number one concern.

The importance of our Navy and to our ability to project power, particularly with the pivot to the Asia Pacific region, cannot be overstated.

I'm very concerned that the ship building account is significantly undervalued.

Last month, at the full Committee mark-up of the fiscal year 2013 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill, this Committee cut $33 million in Foreign Military Financing for Pakistan to protest the 33-year prison sentence for Doctor…

I think it would be a huge mistake for us to wait until the lame duck, that's too late, and we do need to tackle that issue now.

I would ask you to address my concern and how the Department settled on 285 ships when virtually every study calls for 300 to 313.