05/14/09 Floor Speech: AgJOBS Bill Introduction
Senator Feinstein speaks on the Senate Floor to re-introduce legislation to provide much-needed relief to the nation’s ongoing agriculture labor shortage on May 14, 2009.
January 2009
01/07/09 Floor Speech: Closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
On January 7, 2009, Senator Feinstein speaks on the floor of the United States Senate to discuss comprehensive legislation she has authored to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and put an end abusive detention and coercive interrogations practices. [Please note: A brief statement from Senator Feinstein recognizing Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.V.) before turning to her main remarks.]
September 2008
09/23/08 Hearing: Metrolink Crash
On September 23, 2008, Senator Feinstein speaks about the urgent need for collision avoidance systems for all major U.S. rail lines at a Congressional briefing on the recent Metrolink accident in Chatsworth, California.
June 2008
06/26/08 Hearing: Handgun Ruling
On June 26, 2008, Senator Feinstein spoke about the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the DC Handgun Ban at a Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
06/10/08 Hearing: Interrogation Techniques
Senator Feinstein, who has led the fight to ban torture by all U.S. intelligence agencies, presided over a full Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into interrogation techniques on June 10, 2008.
06/03/08 News Conference: Climate Change
At a news conference on June 3, 2008, Senator Feinstein discussed the need for action on comprehensive climate change legislation.
May 2008
05/15/08 News Conference: Cloing the "Enron Loophole"
On May 15, Senator Feinstein joins a bipartisan group of her colleagues to celebrate passage of their legislation to establish oversight of electronic energy markets and close the "Enron Loophole."
January 2008
01/30/08 News Conferece: Law Enforcement Grants
On January 30, 2008, Senator Dianne Feinstein joined with law enforcement officers to call for restoring federal grants to state and local law enforcement.
December 2007
12/11/07 Hearing: Guantanamo
As Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, Senator Feinstein chairs a hearing into the legal rights of Guantanamo detainees on December 11, 2007.
12/07/07 News Conference: Fuel Economy Agreement
Senator Feinstein discusses the landmark agreement reached last week between the House and Senate to increase fleetwide average fuel economy standards by 10 miles per gallon over 10 years – or from a fleetwide average of 25 to 35 miles per gallon by Model Year 2020.
November 2007
11/27/07 Hearing: Interior Appropriations Field Hearing
On Tuesday, November 27, 2007, Senator Feinstein delivered an opening statement at the Interior Appropriations Subcommittee field hearing she chaired in San Diego. The hearing was held to investigate the recent devastating wildfires that struck Southern California.
October 2007
10/23/07 Floor Speech: California wildfires
Senator Feinstein provided an update to the Senate about the devastating California wildfires on the Senate Floor on October 23, 2007.
10/17/07 Special Event: Dalai Lama Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony
On October 17, Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Senator Feinstein, the lead Democratic Senate sponsor of the authorizing resolution, spoke at the ceremony.
10/03/07 Hearing: Burma's "Saffron Revolution"
Senator Feinstein expresses her support for Burma's pro-democratic protestors at a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific Affairs on October 3, 2007.
06/22/07 News Conference: CAFE Compromise
Senator Feinstein discusses Senate passage of a bipartisan compromise measure to increase fuel economy standards by 10 miles per gallon over 10 years at a news conference on June 21, 2007.
06/21/07 News Conference: AgJOBS
As the Senate prepares to reconsider the comprehensive immigration reform bill, Senator Feinstein stressed the importance of including the AgJOBS provisions in the final bill and bringing relief to the agriculture industry.
06/13/07 News Conference: Ten in Ten Fuel Economy Act
At a news conference, Senator Feinstein calls for upholding the provisions to require strong fuel economy increases that are included in the comprehensive energy bill under consideration by the Senate.
06/05/07 Judiciary Committee Hearing: Comprehensive Gang Bill
Senator Feinstein delivers opening remarks at a Judiciary Committee hearing to examine her comprehensive gang legislation. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief William Bratton testify before the Committee in support of the bill.
May 2007
05/24/07 News Conference: Immigration Reform
Senator Feinstein discusses the latest developments on immigration reform at an afternoon news conference.
05/23/07 News Conference: Women's Conference on Burma
Mrs. Laura Bush today joined U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), and a bipartisan group of women Senators for the kickoff event for a new Senate Women's Caucus on Burma.
05/15/07 News Conference: AgJOBS
Senators Feinstein and Larry Craig (R-Idaho) are joined by growers from across the nation to discuss the importance of including AgJOBS legislation in the comprehensive immigration reform package. ***This link contains the audio for the entire news conference.
05/15/07 News Conference: Senator Feinstein on AgJOBS
Senator Feinstein calls for the inclusion of AgJOBS in any comprehensive immigration reform package. AgJOBS is the product of ten years of negotiations. The bi-partisan legislation is supported by both growers and farmworkers.
05/03/07 Commerce Committee Hearing: Raising Fuel Economy Standards
At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on May 3, 2007, Senator Feinstein urged Committee support for legislation to raise fuel economy standards by 10 miles per gallon (mpg) over 10 years, or from 25 to 35 mpg by Model Year 2019.
April 2007
04/10/07 News Conference: Stem Cells
Senator Feinstein joins a bipartisan group of Senators and the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR) at a news conference to urge the Senate to pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (S.5).
March 2007
03/20/07 News Conference: Senate Approves US Attorneys Measure
Senate Feinstein comments after the Senate approved a measure to prevent the circumvention of the Senate's constitutional prerogative to confirm U.S. Attorneys. Senator Feinstein said the passage of this bill is not the end of her investigation.
03/13/07 News Conference: US Attorneys
Senator Feinstein responds to news reports about the recent firings of U.S. Attorneys.
03/06/07 Judiciary Committee Hearing: U.S. Attorneys
Senator Feinstein questions recently fired U.S. Attorneys regarding the circumstances surrounding their firings during a Judiciary Committee hearing.
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