On the recordSeptember 29, 2023
I served beside Senator Feinstein on the Judiciary Committee my entire time here, and I worked closely with her on the Intelligence Committee during the time we overlapped there. I am honored to join my colleagues in participating in this remembrance to her. It has been said, I think, over and over again, of her elegance, as Senator Collins said; of how put together she was, as Senator Murkowski said; of how gracious she was, as pretty much everyone has said. Her preparedness was another standout virtue in this body. I have heard her say ``I am going home to read tonight.'' Serving with her on those committees, I saw over and over again the amount of work that she put herself and her staff through to make sure that she was well-prepared. I never saw a Member of this body better prepared than Senator Feinstein. But the characteristic that I most associate with her is bravery-- whether it was the bravery of throwing herself into California politics as a young woman at a time when not many women were doing that or the way she bravely handled the murders at city hall and her response to that or whether she was willing to come here, when women were few, and break glass ceiling after glass ceiling after glass ceiling. But the place where I saw her bravery most was when we worked together on the Senate Intelligence Committee torture report. I was kind of Robin to her Batman in that effort.…
