Dianne Feinstein Quotes (125 Quotes)

I can't be a Californian and believe that every member of the Supreme Court has to come out of Harvard,

The fact that hackers could have accessed data on up to 40 million accounts because of a processor's failure to follow your own established rules makes me question the effectiveness and ability of self-regulation by your industry.

Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

I would hope that people on both sides would hold their fire, allow the Judiciary Committee to do its work, and not take a position until that work is completed,

Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.

I've learned when they get up over 30,000 to 40,000 from California, then I know there is really a movement, ... These 40,000 phone calls we've received is probably the highest number of phone calls we've gotten for anything.

There were a number of bits and pieces, and they weren't put together,

The credibility of the Administration was already shattered last year when we learned that higher cost estimates of the Medicare drug plan were withheld. But this new information further demonstrates what appears to be an attempt to dupe Congress and win passage of the legislation.

Continued good-faith negotiation will result in solving the problems in a way that will be acceptable to a vast majority of this body and will not in any way diminish the ability of our law enforcement and intelligence organizations to do their job.

This raises very serious concerns about her ability to fairly apply the law without bias in this regard.

I want to limit it to the weapons of mass destruction and provide language that in the event the United Nations does not compel compliance, then the president would be authorized to use force. So the first obligation would be on the United Nations,

I happen to feel that it would be very difficult for me to vote yes on a nominee I thought would overturn Roe vs. Wade,

California came out of the (base-closure) process about as well as could be expected.

you were very full and forward-speaking. And then after lunch, it was as if you shut down and became very cautious. So my first question Did anybody caution you between the morning and the afternoon sessions

For me, one of the most important issues that needs to be addressed by Judge Roberts is the constitutional right to privacy. ... It would be very difficult for me to vote to confirm someone to the Supreme Court whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade .

Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who has been hit or beaten by a boyfriend, and approximately one in five female high school students reports being physically andor sexually abused by a dating partner.

Feinstein, Democrat of California, said on the CNN program ''Late Edition.

Church-state separation. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., asked Roberts whether he believed in the separation of church and state as set forth in the First Amendment. She quoted President John F. Kennedy as having said in 1960, I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. ... My question is Do you

I'll make my own decision. I'm weighing a lot of things.

This isn't penny-ante crime. Gang violence is now more serious in this country than organized crime.

I would hope that he isn't lying. I think if he is, it's serious,

A rush job that glosses over key questions is in no one's interest.

The Brownback bill is not designed to promote research and it would stop the California initiative in its tracks,

This is a very pivotal appointment, ... I'm more interested in her judicial philosophy, whether she can be independent, can cut her umbilical ties from the president and call things as she sees them.

Abortion, however, is a big threshold issue for me because the dominant majority of people in my state are pro-choice, ... I ran as a pro-choice Democrat, and she fills Sandra Day O'Connor's shoes, and they are critical shoes.

I am concerned by a trend on the court to limit this right and thereby to curtail the autonomy that we have fought for and achieved, in this case, over just simply controlling our own reproductive system rather than having some politicians do it for us,

The key to sustained growth and rising standards of living will be the ability of developing countries to create vital export industries to compete in a free and open global marketplace. We should help these countries help themselves by opening the U. S. market to their exports.

I remember what it was like when abortion was illegal, ... When I was a college student, I watched the passing of the plate to collect money so young women could go to Tijuana for an abortion. I knew a woman who ended her life because she was pregnant.

She's a woman, she's clearly bright, she's very intelligent, and she clearly knows the issues because she's been involved in them for years. Now what her values are and where she will stand in this very conservative court, we don't know. And that's what we have to take a look at.

Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again.

Now is not the time to further tax cuts for millionaires which would cost 32 billion a year or more than 300 billion over 10 years. Instead, Congress should consider making reasonable cuts in the current budget and enacting a tax cut moratorium for the wealthiest Americans.

I began to think, if I vote for him, and he goes the other way, and it was a situation where women would die, I'd never forgive myself.

In the Michigan case, obviously, you have I always forget whether it's the law school --- but I think the law school program was upheld and the university program was struck down because of the differences in the program. But efforts to ensure the full participation in all aspects of our society by people, without regard to their race, ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, all those are efforts that I think are appropriate.

California came out of the BRAC process as well as could be expected, ... It is my understanding that the net job loss will not be more than 2,000.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play it better than anyone else.

My belief is that you should be open in public about your views. I couldn't penetrate to the extent that I could feel comfortable, knowing the things I care deeply about, that I ran for the Senate for, will be protected.

I think it's a dimension of his character. He hasn't denied them. Women have come forward.

Instead of starting a new nuclear arms race, now is the time to reclaim our Nation's position of leadership on nuclear nonproliferation efforts.

Does anyone believe that some staffer without permission thought up a scheme by which a chairman's 'agent' could have access to every IRS facility everywhere in this nation and every single IRS filing of every citizen of this nation

I am the only woman on this committee. And when I started, I said that was going to be my bar, ... He didn't cross my bar.

Is that your argument to have no bill at all.

I asked a number of questions and she did answer them, ... But the key is to ask the questions in public.

We have a separation of church and state.

I think it was not an even-handed memo, ... As I look at the intelligence community, it should not 'support' or 'oppose' an administration. It should be professional, factual and give the best possible analysis, regardless of where the chips may fall.

You wouldn't want the government telling you what to do

Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets.

isn't news for the inquiry.

What did the Democrats in Congress know and why weren't they talking to each other

I asked for some ability to find a commitment to broad legal principles that form the basis of our fundamental rights,

I hope that introducing this legislation will not be necessary and you will be willing to voluntarily set limits on how many drinks a passenger can consume, ... Absent that, I am prepared to proceed with the legislation.