Press Releases

March 2008

Date Title
3/7/08 Senators Feinstein and Kerry Urge Veterans Affairs Secretary to Ensure Veterans Have Access to Voter Registration
3/7/08 Congressman Thompson and Senator Feinstein Call for Speedy Disaster Relief for the 2008 Salmon Season Files
3/6/08 Senate Approves Feinstein Measure to Prevent Harm to Babies and Young Children from Unsafe Secondhand Cribs
3/6/08 Senate Approves Feinstein Legislation to Impose a Nationwide Ban on Phthalates in Children’s Products
3/6/08 Senator Feinstein Cosponsors Dorgan Measure to Block FCC’S Revision of Media Ownership Rules
3/4/08 Senator Feinstein Offers Amendment That Would Ban Phthalates in Children’s Products
3/3/08 Senator Feinstein Urges Congress to Pass Internet Pharmacy Bill

February 2008

Date Title
2/29/08 Senate Unanimously Approves Feinstein-Boxer Measure to Soundproof Lennox and Inglewood School Districts from Nearby Airport Noise
2/29/08 Senator Feinstein Urges Interior Secretary to Not Relax Reagan-Era Restrictions on Loaded Firearms in America’s National Parks and Wildlife Refuges
2/29/08 Senator Feinstein Commends Wal-Mart and Toys “R” Us for Curtailing Sales of Toys Containing Phthalates
2/28/08 Senator Feinstein Urges Bush Administration to Address Serious Problems With Visa Waiver Program During Hearing of Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security
2/26/08 Senator Feinstein Chairs Fiscal Year 2009 Minerals Management Service Budget Hearing
2/21/08 Senator Feinstein Announces Plans to Uphold Moratorium on Competitive Sourcing at Forest Service in Wake of New GAO Report
2/15/08 Senator Feinstein Co-Sponsors Bills to Help Financially Strapped American Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure
2/15/08 New Study on Phthalates Underscores Need for Feinstein Measure to Ban Phthalates in Children’s Toys
2/13/08 Congress Approves Feinstein-Hagel-Whitehouse Measure Requiring CIA to Follow the Army Field Manual in Interrogations
2/13/08 Senators Feinstein and McConnell Introduce Legislation to Award Congressional Gold Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, Leader of Burma’s Democratic Movement
2/12/08 Senator Feinstein Votes Against Senate FISA Bill
2/12/08 Senate Approves Feinstein Legislation to Ensure Retailers Comply with Combat Meth Act Requirements
2/12/08 Chairman Feinstein, Senator Specter Introduce Measure to Regulate Robocalls
2/11/08 Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the passing of Representative Tom Lantos
2/8/08 Senator Feinstein Urges DNI McConnell to Provide Transcript of New Yorker Interview on Waterboarding
2/8/08 Feinstein, Akaka, Dicks and Grijalva Urge Interior Secretary to Retain Reagen-Era Restrictions on Loaded Firearms in America’s Natonal Parks and Wildlife Refuges
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