Press Releases

June 2008

Date Title
6/17/08 Senator Feinstein to Cosponsor Boxer Measure to Designate Wilderness Lands within Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park
6/17/08 Senator Feinstein Opposes Efforts to Lift Moratoria on Offshore Drilling for Outer Continental Shelf
6/17/08 Senator Feinstein Welcomes Move by CFTC to Increase Oversight of U.S. Energy Commodities Traded on Foreign Exchanges
6/13/08 Senators Feinstein and Stevens Introduce Legislation to Limit Excessive Speculation in Energy Markets by Institutional Investors
6/12/08 Senator Feinstein Renews Call to Shut Down the Detention Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
6/12/08 Close the London Loophole Act Gives CFTC Clear Authority Over U.S. Commodities Traded on Foreign Exchanges
6/12/08 America Must Take a Stand Against Burma’s Tyrannical Regime
6/12/08 Senator Feinstein Urges Forest Service to Quickly Fill Deepening California Firefighter Vacancies as String of Wildfires Hit State
6/12/08 Statement of Senator Feinstein at Judiciary Committee Markup
6/10/08 Opening Statement of Senator Feinstein at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Into Reliability of Interrogation Techniques
6/4/08 Senators Feinstein and Gregg Introduce Measure to Reduce Tariff on Imported Ethanol in Effort to Help Lower Gas Prices
6/3/08 Senators Feinstein and Leahy and Representative McGovern Introduce Joint Resolution Calling on the United States to Sign International Treaty Banning Cluster Bombs
6/3/08 Senator Feinstein Joins Democratic Senators, Labor and Business Leaders to Discuss Efforts to Create Green Jobs and Protect Middle-Class from Rising Energy Costs

May 2008

Date Title
5/29/08 Boxer, Feinstein and Thompson Introduce Resolution To Honor Robert Mondavi
5/29/08 Senators Feinstein and Leahy Praise New Treaty Banning Cluster Munitions, Call on United States to Join Pact
5/23/08 Senator Feinstein Calls on Governor Schwarzenegger to Push Perchlorate Polluters to Pay for Water Replacement in the Rialto-Colton Basin
5/22/08 Statement of Senator Feinstein in Opposition to $165 Billion Supplemental Bill
5/22/08 Senate Approves Amendment to FY’08 Supplemental Appropriations Bill to Fund Domestic Priorities Important to California
5/22/08 Senate Rules and Administration Committee Approves Nominees to Federal Election Commission
5/22/08 Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein Measure for Two-Year Extension of Program to Help Drug-Endangered Children
5/22/08 Senators Feinstein and Bennett Announce Agreement on Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Legislation Would Help Ensure the Accuracy, Security and Accessibility of Voting Systems
5/22/08 Senator Feinstein Asks Secretary Gates to Station Two Military C-130 Aircraft In California for Swift Response to West Coast Wildfires
5/21/08 Bill to Reverse EPA Denial of California Vehicles Waiver Passes Senate Environment Committee
5/20/08 Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Senator Kennedy
5/20/08 Senate Banking Committee Approves Feinstein-Martinez Legislation To Create Federal Registry and National Licensing Standards for Mortgage Brokers and Lenders