Press Releases

September 2008

Date Title
9/23/08 Statement of Senator Feinstein on Legislation to Reverse the Ledbetter Decision
9/22/08 Statement of Senator Feinstein Regarding EPA’s Failure to Issue a Drinking-Water Safety Standard for Perchlorate
9/18/08 Statement of Senator Feinstein on House Passage of Comprehensive Anti-Speculation Legislation
9/17/08 Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the House Passage of a Bill to Repeal Common Sense DC Gun Laws
9/17/08 Senator Feinstein Joins Effort to Extend Unemployment Insurance for Those Hit Hardest by Economic Downturn
9/17/08 House Panel Approves Bill to Stop Controlled Substances from Being Sold Online Without Valid Prescriptions
9/16/08 Senators Feinstein and Boxer Introduce Legislation to Require Collision Avoidance Systems on All Major U.S. Rail Lines
9/15/08 Senator Feinstein Calls on DHS to Address Security Concerns With Visa Waiver Program in Wake of New GAO Report
9/11/08 Senate Panel Approves Legislation Sponsored by Senator Feinstein to Increase California’s Water Supply
9/11/08 Judiciary Committee Reports Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Legislation
9/11/08 Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein Legislation to Give Members of U.S. Armed Forces Same Rights as Civilians to Appeal Convictions to the U.S. Supreme Court
9/11/08 Senator Feinstein: We Need to Close the “Swaps Loophole”
9/10/08 Statement of Chairman Feinstein on Interior Department IG Report
9/9/08 Senator Feinstein Seeks Major Grant Assistance for Stockton, Other California Communities Hit Hard by Foreclosure Crisis
9/8/08 Senators Feinstein and Kerry Welcome Changes in Voter Registration Policy at the Department of Veterans Affairs
9/4/08 Senator Feinstein Praises New EPA Rule Requiring Reduced Emissions from Lawn Mowers, Other Small Engines

August 2008

Date Title
8/29/08 President Signs Feinstein-Chambliss-Nunes-Costa Legislation to Protect Benefits of America’s Military “Sole Survivors”
8/15/08 Senators Feinstein, Boxer and Members of California Delegation Urge President Bush to Upgrade California’s Emergency Declaration in Wake of Devastating Wildfires Files
8/11/08 Senators Feinstein and Boxer Urge California Legislature to Pass Bill Banning Toxic Chemical from Children’s Products
8/4/08 Feinstein, Rockefeller, Whitehouse, Hagel, Feingold, and Wyden Introduce Legislation to End CIA Coercive Interrogations and Secret Detentions
8/1/08 Congress Passes Feinstein-Chambliss-Nunes-Costa Legislation to Protect Benefits of America’s Military “Sole Survivors”

July 2008

Date Title
7/31/08 Congress Approves Nationwide Ban on Phthalates in Children’s Products
7/31/08 Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein Amendment to Protect Unaccompanied Alien Children
7/29/08 Senators Feinstein, Clinton Celebrate 10th Anniversary of Breast Cancer Research Stamp
7/29/08 Feinstein Measure to Improve Safety of Secondhand Cribs Included in Consumer Product Safety Conference Report