Press Releases

February 2008

Date	Title
2/7/08	Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Senate Passage of the Economic Stimulus Package
2/7/08	Senator Feinstein Calls on Coast Guard to Improve Preparedness and Recovery Plans in Wake of Cosco Busan Oil Spill
2/6/08	Senator Feinstein Asks Attorney General Mukasey Whether Using CIA Contract Employees in Coercive Interrogations Violates U.S. Law
2/6/08	Senators Feinstein and Martinez Introduce Legislation to Create Federal Registry and National Standards for Mortgage Brokers and Lenders
2/5/08	Feinstein Letter to the Editor of Politico
2/4/08	Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On President Bush’s FY 09 Budget Request
2/1/08	Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Increase Reimbursements to State and Local Governments for Costs of Incarcerating Criminal Aliens

January 2008

Date	Title
1/31/08	Emergency Funding Secured by Senator Feinstein and Representative Lewis Leads to $93 Million for U.S. Forest Service Fire Prevention and Recovery Projects in California
1/31/08	Senator Feinstein Finds Westland’s Meat Packing Case ‘Appalling’
1/30/08	Senator Feinstein Calls for Restoring Byrne Justice Assistance Grants For State and Local Law Enforcement
1/30/08	House Unanimously Approves Feinstein-Boxer Legislation to Honor Staff Sergeant Pierce in Taft, CA
1/28/08	Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on President Bush’s State of the Union Address
1/28/08	Senator Feinstein Expresses Disappointment in Coast Guard Report on Cosco Busan Incident; Announces Plans to Introduce Legislation to Improve Federal Response and Recovery Efforts for Oil Spills
1/25/08	Senator Snowe Agrees to Cosponsor Feinstein Measure to Establish Federal Oversight for New Carbon Markets
1/25/08	Senator Feinstein Urges EPA to Promptly Complete Work on Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1/24/08	Statement of Senator Feinstein on the Economic Stimulus Package
1/24/08	Senators Boxer and Feinstein Introduce Measure to Overturn EPA’s Denial of California’s Clean Air Act Waiver
1/23/08	Senator Feinstein Discusses Two Amendments to FISA Bill On Exclusivity and Independent Judicial Review
1/23/08	Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation Requiring Credit Card Companies to Inform Consumers of the Costs of Paying Only the Monthly Minimum Payment
1/18/08	Senators Hatch and Feinstein Renew Call for Ethical Stem Cell Research and Prohibiting the Cloning of Human Beings
1/15/08	Major League Baseball Endorses Tough Internet Pharmacy Bill as Way to Halt Spread of Steroids
1/4/08	Dodd, Feinstein, Feingold Amendment Significantly Increases Funding for Peace Corps
1/2/08	Chairman Feinstein Calls on EPA Inspector General’s Office to Immediately Open Investigation into Agency’s Denial of California’s Request for a Clean Air Act Waiver to Regulate Tailpipe Emissions
1/2/08	Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Retirement Announcement by Representative Tom Lantos
1/2/08	Senator Feinstein Asks Attorney General Mukasey to Make Investigations of Cross-Border Tunnels a Top Priority in 2008