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Dianne Feinstein
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The Need for AgJOBS is Now - Oct. 20, 2006
October 20, 2006
MRS. FEINSTEIN: Mr. President, I rise to congratulate the distinguished Senator from Idaho on his comments. I subscribe to them 100 percent. I congratulate him and thank him for the leadership he has provided on the AgJOBS program. I don't think there is anyone in the U.S. Senate who knows more about what the needs in agriculture are across this great land than Senator Larry Craig. He has been consistent and he has been devoted. I think his expressions here today are really the expressions of virtually everyone in the […]
Dianne Feinstein
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Border Tunnel Amendment - July 11, 2006
July 11, 2006
Mr. President, this amendment criminalizes the unauthorized construction, financing, or reckless disregard which permits construction of a border tunnel that is a tunnel between American land and another country's land; namely, Canada or Mexico or any subterranean passageway along international borders. This amendment is cosponsored by Senators Kyl, Boxer, Talent, Cantwell, Salazar, Hutchison, and Bingaman. This amendment was part of the immigration bill. It was unanimously added to the immigration bill by the Judiciary Committee. I have tried to hotline this amendment. It was cleared on the Democratic side, and […]
Dianne Feinstein
categories: Eulogy, Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
On the Death of Dana Reeve - March 7, 2006
March 7, 2006
Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a remarkable woman who has shown Americans what courage is all about. That woman is Dana Reeve. I knew Dana as a smiling, beautiful woman standing behind Christopher Reeve's wheelchair, accompanying him to DC to testify in support of advancing stem cell research. Since Chris's death, Dana was the face of this fight on behalf of patients across the country with spinal cord injury, Parkinson's, juvenile diabetes and countless other illnesses. I thought that after everything Dana had gone through with Chris […]
Dianne Feinstein
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Nuclear Option - May 18, 2005
May 18, 2005
Mr. President, I thank the Senator from New York. He serves as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts of the Judiciary Committee, and he more or less heads all of the hearings with respect to these judges. He has done an excellent job. He is thorough. As everybody knows, he is a smart and intelligent man. He has made a very eloquent statement. So I thank him. Last week I came to the floor and discussed the nuclear option. I recognize today that we […]
Dianne Feinstein
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Nuclear Option II - May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005
Mr. President, I come to the floor to make a plea to my colleagues and my friends on both sides of the aisle. I have spoken on this issue twice. But within 24 hours, the time will come when the Senate may well be changed. Right now is the time to let political pressures cool, to step back from the brink and to reflect on the long-term consequences rather than the short-term gain. The time has come to walk away from a decision that will turn our governmental system on […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
In Opposition to Alito - 2006 - Jan. 26, 2006
January 26, 2006
Mr. President, I rise today to state my opposition to the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Unites States Supreme Court. After thoroughly reviewing Judge Alito’s record during his time on the federal bench, I am left with grave and serious concerns about his views on the power and scope of Executive Branch authority, discrimination against parents in the workplace, his general disposition toward cases involving civil rights, and his views on the scope of voter rights. Because of these concerns, I can not in good conscience support his nomination […]
Dianne Feinstein
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Support the Feinstein Substitute Amendment - March 25, 2004
March 25, 2004
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Madam President, I would like to call up amendment 2858. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. Madam President, I agree with virtually everything the Senator from Ohio has said. Although there are many State laws which do take into consideration a fetus, it is true that the Federal laws, which would impact only those on Federal property, are silent. I am in complete concurrence with everything the Senator has said. I have had […]
Dianne Feinstein
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
In Opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment - July 12, 2004
July 12, 2004
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I wish to make an argument directly contrary to the arguments just presented by the distinguished Senator from Pennsylvania. I do not consider myself an expert on marriage. I have been married for a long time. I have one daughter, three stepdaughters, and five grandchildren. I celebrate marriage. I understand the difficulties in working to keep it together. But I believe this is a waste of time. The votes are not present to submit this amendment to the States. The timing is just a few months […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
In Support of John Roberts - Oct. 28, 2005
October 28, 2005
Mr. President, the consideration of a Supreme Court nomination by the Senate is one of the most important and consequential duties we have as an institution in our system of government. This is especially true when the candidate being considered has been nominated to the position of Chief Justice of the United States. As the Senate performs its duty under the Constitution with regard to this nominee, I am also mindful that this is the first Supreme Court nominee I have been called upon to evaluate as a Senator from […]
Blanche Lambert Lincoln
categories: Floor Speech - U.S. Senate, Speeches
Child Tax Credit - Jan. 9, 2007
January 9, 2007
Mr. President, I come before the Senate to once again raise an issue that is near and dear to my heart--an issue that is of great importance to working families across this country. In 2001 and again in 2003, Senator SNOWE and I worked together to ensure that low-income working families with children receive the benefit of the Child Tax Credit. I come here today to again ask my colleagues to help me ensure that low-income families aren't forgotten as we discuss tax relief in the 110th Congress. Unfortunately, although […]