Senator Feinstein speaks about a plan to provide legal status and a pathway to citizenship for current undocumented farm workers so they can continue growing and harvesting food and give farmers a legal way to hire future workers. Click For More
Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein: “The fact that so many detainees have now been held at Guantanamo for over a decade and their belief that there is still no end in sight for them is a reason there is a growing problem of more and more detainees on a hunger strike.” Click For More
Senator Feinstein joined a bipartisan group to release a discussion draft of comprehensive nuclear waste management legislation aimed at reenergizing efforts to reach a long-term solution for highly radioactive nuclear waste. Click For More
Senator Feinstein speaks on her legislation prohibiting the manufacture, importation, sale and possession of assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines. Click For More
Senator Feinstein comments on comprehensive immigration reform legislation, which includes a bipartisan agreement on immigrant farm workers she negotiated with farm workers and agricultural employers. Click For More
Senator Feinstein led a group of 40 Senators, joined by 172 members of the House, urging the Supreme Court to overturn the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA. The law excludes legally married same-sex couples from all marriage-based federal responsibilities and rights. Click For More
“The government experimented with indefinite detention of citizens during World War II, a mistake we now recognize as a betrayal of our core values. Now is the time to clarify U.S. law to state unequivocally: The government cannot—without trial or charge—indefinitely detain Americans and green card holders captured inside this country.” Click For More
Feinstein bill will stop sale of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.
As Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman, Feinstein oversees critical national security agencies.