Dianne Feinstein

I note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Casey). The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

If I may, I wish to thank the distinguished ranking member. I believe that completes the opening statements on the bill. I notice the distinguished Senator is on the floor. So if it is agreeable with Senator Alexander, we can yield at this…

We don't think we can continue on with the compromise, given this reason.

When Senator Feinstein introduced S. 872, she stated that the legislation would implement a reasonable solution to this problem.

Domestic violence and sexual assault against Native women is still an epidemic, and much work remains to be done.

I introduced S. 1763, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or SAVE Native Women Act.

The Tribe is currently exempt from critical oversight laws, particularly IGRA.

Mr. Chairman, this has to do with a bill that I have submitted that has been passed out of this Committee on prior occasions, and one has passed the Senate.

The history of how this happened is important.

I think this is very important that whatever happened be made fully public and never, ever happen again.

But I think this hunt for blame does not really speak about the problem, and the problem is anybody can walk in and buy anything, .50-caliber weapons, sniper weapons, buy them in large amounts, and send them down to Mexico.

We need to stop the flow.

The No. 1 tool would be if ATF were given the ability to know when guns are purchased.

We have more guns in this country than we have people, and somebody has got to come to the realization that when these guns go to the wrong places, scores of deaths result, and that is exactly the case with the cartels.

Last month, I authored with Senator Grassley the Targeting Transnational Drug Trafficking Act.

I think these numbers are shocking, and I think when you know the number of deaths these guns have caused, used by cartels against victims, it is literally up in the tens of thousands.

I am very pleased to express my strong support for the nomination of Paul Watford to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

I want to do everything we can to prevent guns from going to Mexico.

I believed--and this is over 18 years now--that a number of illegal entries came in through the Visa Waiver Program.

I think you are doing a very good job.

It is supposed to be a visitor program, not a permanent program.

I suspect now that schools have so many financial problems that there may be an inclination, you know, to accept more foreign students who really do not turn up but pay a large amount of money.

I believe this to be an emergency. I think you should go back there; you should work through the weekend.

PG&E applauds Senator Boxer, Senator Feinstein and Representative Speier for calling attention to the important role that ASVs can play in promoting pipeline safety.

I happened to be at home around the evening news time, turned on the news and saw this explosion.