U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein - 2007 Press Releases by Subject

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Crime, Guns, Public Safety

Governor Schwarzenegger Endorses Senator Feinstein’s Comprehensive Gang Legislation (3/20/07)

Senators Feinstein and Hatch Lead Bipartisan Coalition to Introduce Comprehensive Legislation to Fight Gang Violence (1/31/07)

Senators Feinstein and Chambliss Seek to Reauthorize
Byrne/JAG Grants for State and Local Law Enforcement (1/10/07)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Extradition of Jorge Arroyo Garcia, Fugitive Wanted for Murder of LA County Sheriff Deputy David March (1/9/07)

Defense

Senator Dianne Feinstein Delivers Speech on Senate Floor in Favor of Resolution to Change the U.S. Military Mission in Iraq (3/14/07)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Resolution to SetExpiration Date For Authorization for Use Military Force Against Iraq at December 31, 2007 (2/17/07

Senators Feinstein and Leahy Introduce Legislation to Restrict the Use, Sale or Transfer of Cluster Bombs (2/15/07)

Senator Feinstein Announces Plan to Continue Efforts to Restrict the Use of Cluster Bombs (2/9/07)

Economy

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the President’s FY08 Budget (2/5/07)

Senator Dianne Feinstein Supports Increasing Minimum Wage (1/31/07)

Education

Senators Feinstein and Boxer Support Plan to Fund Secure Rural Schools Program Over Next Five Years (3/20/07)

Boxer And Feinstein Introduce Legislation To Help
Students Obtain The Maximum Pell Grant Available (2/28/07)

Senators Feinstein, Ensign Introduce Measure to Ensure that Federal Education Funds for America’s Neediest Students Are Directed Towards Helping Students Learn (1/26/07)

Energy

Bipartisan legislation Would Extend Tax Incentives, Lower Energy Costs, Increase Energy Independence (3/8/07)

Silicon Valley Leadership Group Endorses Feinstein Bill to Increase Fuel Efficiency for All Passenger Vehicles to 35 mpg by 2019 (3/6/07)

Senator Feinstein Calls for Passage of Measure to Increase Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards for All Vehicles to 35 mpg by Model Year 2019 (3/6/07)

Senators Feinstein, Snowe, Levin, Cantwell Lead Bipartisan Coalition to Introduce Legislation to Increase Transparency and Oversight in Energy Markets (2/13/07)

Senators Feinstein, Snowe, Inouye, Durbin, Kerry, Boxer, Bill Nelson, Cantwell, Lautenberg, Lieberman, Menendez, Collins Call for Raising Average Fuel Economy Standards for All Vehicles to 35 mpg by Model Year 2019 (1/22/07)

Six Major Energy Companies Endorse Senator Feinstein's Cap-and-Trade Legislation (1/17/07)

Senators Feinstein and Sessions Continue Effort to Provide Victims with Right to Restitution after Defendant Dies (1/4/07)

Environment

Boxer, Feinstein Introduce Legislation To Protect Land
Adjacent To Sacramento River (3/8/07)

Senator Feinstein Calls for Immediate Steps to Reduce U.S. Emissions to Combat Climate Change; IPCC Report is a “Clarion Call to Action” (2/2/07)

Senators Work To Protect Americans From Perchlorate (1/4/07)

Foreign Affairs

Senator Feinstein Urges Bush Administration to Join
International Effort to Restrict Cluster Bombs (2/23/07)

Health

Senators Hatch and Feinstein Promote Stem Cell Research, Human Cloning Ban (3/8/07)

Senators Feinstein and Hutchison Lead Bipartisan Coalition Seeking to Extend Sale of Stamp for Continued Breast Cancer Research Fundraising (2/14/07)

Senator Dianne Feinstein Renews Call for Expanding Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research (1/9/07)

Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security Releases Details of Plan to Secure Unfilled Border Tunnels (3/6/07)

Senators Feinstein and Cornyn Offer Measure That Would Ensure that More Homeland Security Grants are Based on Risk (3/5/07)

Senator Feinstein Disappointed that DHS Hasn’t Submitted Border Tunnel Report (2/23/07)

Senators Feinstein and Cornyn Introduce Bill to Ensure that Homeland Security Funding is Based on Risk (2/15/07)

Senator Feinstein Calls on Department of Homeland Security to Fill In or Demolish Existing Border Tunnels (2/6/07)

Opening Statement of Senator Feinstein at Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on Failure of DHS to Implement U.S. VISIT Program at 50 Busiest Land Border Crossings (1/31/07)

Senator Feinstein Applauds DHS Decision to Award Increased Funding to Help Secure California Ports of Oakland, San Francisco, Richmond, and Stockton (1/9/07)

Identity Theft / Privacy

Senator Feinstein Continues Effort to Protect Individuals From Identity Theft (1/10/07)

Immigration

Senator Feinstein Calls on DHS to Express Policy For Children and Families Affected by Immigration Enforcement Raids (3/20/07)

Senators Feinstein and Hagel Continue Effort to Protect Unaccompanied Alien Children (3/13/07)

Judiciary

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the need for Key White House Officials to come Before the Senate Under Oath (3/20/07)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On New Revelations about the Firings of U.S. Attorneys (3/15/07)

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein-Chambliss Bill to Reauthorize Byrne/JAG Program (3/15/07)

Senator Feinstein Responds to Latest Revelations in Firing of U.S. Attorneys (3/13/07)

Statement of Senator Feinstein on News that DOJ has Dropped its Objection to Her Legislation on U.S. Attorneys (3/8/07)

Senators Feinstein and Schumer Call on Attorney General Gonzales to Support Legislation to Ensure Senate Confirmation of U.S. Attorneys (3/8/07)

Opening Statement of Senator Feinstein At Hearing on Fired U.S. Attorneys (3/6/07)

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Additional Judgeship for Ninth Circuit (3/2/07)

Senator Feinstein Calls on Reid and McConnell to Bring U.S. Attorney Legislation to a Vote in Senate (2/26/07)

Senator Feinstein Delivers Speech on Senate Floor
Highlighting the Recent History of U.S. Attorney Firings (2/15/07)

Senator Feinstein Calls for Answers Regarding
Prosecution and Imprisonment of Border Patrol Agents (2/9/07)

Senate Judiciary Committee Reverses Administration Effort to Circumvent Senate Conformation Process for U.S. Attorneys (2/7/07)

Senator Feinstein Urges Chairman Leahy to Continue Judiciary Committee Investigation into Prosecution of Border Patrol Agents (2/7/07)

Senator Feinstein Statement on Senate Approval of Federal District Court Judges (2/1/07)

Senator Feinstein Concerned over Resignations of at Least Seven U.S. Attorneys Across the Country (1/16/07)

Senators Feinstein, Leahy, Pryor to Fight Administration's Effort to Circumvent Senate Confirmation Process for U.S. Attorneys (1/11/07)

Social Security/Medicare

Domenici & Feinstein Introduce Bill Creating Permanent, Bipartisan Entitlement Commission (1/22/07)

Senators Feinstein, Collins Introduce Measure to
Protect Retirement Benefits for Public Employees (1/9/07)

California Water

Senators Feinstein and Boxer Reintroduce Historic Legislation to Implement Settlement to Restore the San Joaquin River (1/4/07)

Miscellaneous

Senator Feinstein Applauds California Lawmakers for
Moving Presidential Primary to February (3/15/07)

Senators Feinstein and Durbin Introduce Bill to Transfer Responsibility for Agriculture Inspections from DHS back to USDA (3/14/07)

Senators Feinstein and Voinovich Reintroduce Legislation to Expand Loan Forgiveness Program to Head Start Teachers (3/14/07)

Chairman Feinstein Calls for Passage of Senate Campaign Electronic Filing Bill at Rules Committee Hearing (3/14/07)

Chairman Feinstein Calls on Department of Veterans Affairs to Provide Voter Registration Assistance (3/9/07)

Senators Feinstein, Boxer Introduces Resolution to Honor the Life of Ernest Gallo (3/9/07)

Senate Approves Feinstein-Craig Resolution to Designate The Week of March 12-17 as “National Safe Place Week” (3/8/07)

Senators Feinstein and Cornyn Call on Canada Prime Minister to Help Stop Video Piracy (3/2/07)

Senator Feinstein Asks Government Accountability Office To Investigate Sarasota County Electronic Voting Systems (2/14/07)

Senators Feinstein and Boxer Call for $1.2 Billion in Agriculture Disaster Relief from California’s January Freeze to be Included in Supplemental Appropriations Bill (2/7/07)

Statement of Chairman Feinstein at Rules Committee Hearing to Evaluate Electronic Voting Systems (2/7/07)

Boxer, Feinstein Introduce Legislation To Permit Subway Tunneling In Parts Of Los Angeles (2/6/07)

Senator Feinstein Announces Support for Legislation to Outlaw Voter Deception and Intimidation Practices (2/1/07)

Senator Feinstein Supports Moving California’s Presidential Primary to February (1/23/07)

Statement of Senator Feinstein in Response to the State of the Union Address (1/23/07)

Senate Approves Landmark Ethics Reform (1/18/07)

Senator Feinstein Calls on USDA to Move Quickly in Assisting California Farmers Affected by Freezing Temperatures (1/17/07)

Senate Approves Feinstein-Rockefeller Amendment to Require Accountability and Transparency for Classified Earmarks (1/16/07)

Senators Feinstein Seeks Answers from EAC On Unreported Failures at Voting Equipment Test Lab (1/12/07)

Statement by Senator Feinstein in Recognition of Martin Luther King Day (1/12/07)

Senators Feinstein and Sessions Seek to Toughen Laws Criminalizing Passport Fraud (1/12/07)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Slow the Movement of NFL Teams (1/11/07)

Senators Feinstein, Graham, Biden, Alexander Continue Effort to Protect Copyrighted Materials (1/11/07)

Senators Feinstein, Craig, Kennedy, Martinez, Boxer, Voinovich Introduce AgJOBS Bill to Address Agriculture Worker Shortages (1/10/07)

Incoming Rules Committee Chairman Senator Feinstein Calls for Senate Passage of Ethics Reform Package, Pledges New Era of Bipartisanship and Transparency (1/8/07)

Senators Feinstein and Hutchison Introduce Legislation to Assist States in Addressing Problem of Family Abductions (1/5/07)

In Wake of James Kim Tragedy, Senator Feinstein Questions Interior Department Secretary Kempthorne on Bureau of Land Management Safety Protocols (1/5/07)

Senator Dianne Feinstein to Manage Senate Floor Debate On Ethics, Lobbying Reform Bill (1/5/07)