Dianne Feinstein

Legislation designed to eliminate bad actors from the mortgage business

February 6, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) today introduced legislation designed to curb abusive lending practices that have contributed to the sub-prime mortgage crisis.    » read more »

February 4, 2008 -- "This is a bad news budget that once again reflects the misplaced priorities of the Bush Administration. It’s disappointing that after 7 years the Bush Administration isn’t able to develop a budget that better funds our nation’s priorities.

If enacted this budget would contribute to rising debts and soaring deficits, which will grow to more than $400 billion this year. Defense is up 7 percent. Homeland security is up 11 percent. But the remainder of domestic programs that matter most to Americans are slashed. This is one more step in the wrong direction.    » read more »

Urges USDA to conduct industry-wide investigation

January 31, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today urged the Department of Agriculture to conduct an industry-wide investigation, following the release of a video which documented cases of animal cruelty and illegal activity at the Westland’s meat packing plant in Chino, California.    » read more »

Programs funds broad range of crime-fighting efforts in California

January 30, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today joined with Senators Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Joseph Biden (D-Del.), and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) to call for restoring nearly $490 million to the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant program. This program provides critical funding to state and local law-enforcement efforts, including drug and gang task forces and victim assistance.    » read more »

January 28, 2008 -- “I found the speech disappointing. It was narrow and lacked vision.

I believe the American people have pretty much moved beyond this Administration. They’ve moved on to the Presidential campaign – wondering who’s going to be the next President, and what does the future hold?

In a sense, this was a wrap-up speech. It was the beginning of the end to eight very tough years.”

Source: Senator Dianne Feinstein

Announces Plans to Introduce Legislation to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts for Oil Spills

January 28, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today expressed her disappointment in the preliminary report issued today by the Coast Guard on the Cosco Busan incident. Senator Feinstein announced that she plans to introduce legislation to improve federal response and recovery efforts for oil spills.

“Today, the Coast Guard released a preliminary report of the Cosco Busan spill.    » read more »

Measure also endorsed by a number of public utilities and consumer groups

January 25, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today announced her support for a measure sponsored by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to establish federal oversight for new carbon emissions trading markets.

The measure also has the support of public utilities in California and across the country, as well as a number of consumer groups.    » read more »

Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA required EPA to study public health threat of greenhouse gas emissions

January 25, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today called on the EPA to promptly complete work on its Supreme Court-mandated review of the need to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Senator Feinstein chairs the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies, and will be holding a hearing on the EPA budget in the coming weeks.    » read more »

January 25, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) today sent a letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Vietnam, calling on him to release Nguyen Quoc Quan, a U.S. citizen and democracy activist from Sacramento who has been imprisoned in Vietnam since November 2007.

“We write today to request that you help facilitate the release of Mr. Nguyen Quoc Quan…who traveled to Vietnam to promote non-violent democratic change,” the letter states.    » read more »

January 23, 2008 -- Washington, DC – In anticipation of the debate on the FISA bill, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) took to the Senate Floor today to discuss two amendments that she plans on offering.

* The first amendment would ensure that the federal government must follow the requirements of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) when conducting electronic surveillance of American citizens for foreign intelligence purposes.    » read more »

Legislation requires information on Costs of Paying Only the Monthly Minimum Payment to be listed on monthly statements

January 23, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation that would require credit card companies to warn American consumers of the financial dangers of making only minimum monthly payments on credit card debt.    » read more »

January 18, 2008 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today called for passage of legislation they have sponsored to develop ethical stem cell research and prohibiting the cloning of a human being.    » read more »

Legislation sponsored by Feinstein and Sessions, and included in Biden Crime Bill

January 15, 2008 -- Washington, DC – In his remarks to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Major League Baseball Commission Bud Selig today endorsed legislation to stop controlled substances from being sold online without valid prescriptions.    » read more »

January 4, 2008 -- Washington, DC — Today, Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) lauded the final passage of their amendment which significantly increased Peace Corps funding. The amendment, which was part of the Foreign FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, provides $10 million in additional funding. This will allow the Peace Corps to open new country programs and further expand operations.    » read more »

New judge to be assigned to California seat

December 18, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) today announced that the U.S. Senate has approved legislation to add a new judgeship to the Ninth Circuit, which is experiencing a judicial emergency so severe that judges have the highest caseload in the nation.    » read more »