Press Releases

June 2007

Date Title
6/21/07 Senate Approves Bipartisan Compromise to Increase Fuel Economy Standards by 10 Miles Per Gallon Over 10 Years
6/21/07 Senate Panel Approves $27.15 Billion FY 2008 Interior Appropriations Bill
6/21/07 Senator Feinstein Highlights Importance of AgJOBS in Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
6/21/07 FY 2008 Interior Appropriations Bill Includes Feinstein-Boxer Measure to Restore Full Public Access to Santa Rosa Island
6/20/07 Statement of Senator Feinstein on Second Bush Veto of Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
6/19/07 Chairman Feinstein Announces Measure to Close Oil Lease Loophole Included in FY’08 Interior Appropriations Bill
6/19/07 Senate Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Clears Fiscal 2008 Funding Legislation
6/14/07 Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to Ban Commercial Development at West Los Angeles VA Campus
6/14/07 Senate Judiciary Committee Overwhelmingly Approves Feinstein-Hatch Comprehensive Gang Legislation
6/14/07 Sanctions are Needed to Change Behavior in Burma
6/13/07 Senators Feinstein, Snowe, Inouye, Stevens, Dorgan, Durbin, Boxer, Cantwell, Collins, Carper, Klobuchar, and Smith Call for Upholding Provisions to Require Strong Fuel Economy Increases During Debate of Comprehensive Energy Package
6/12/07 Senator Feinstein Speaks on Senate Floor in favor of Measure to Raise Fuel Economy Standards 10 Miles Per Gallon Over 10 Years
6/7/07 Senator Feinstein Urges President Bush to Immediately Sign Into Law Bipartisan Legislation to Increase Federal Funding for Stem Cell Research
6/7/07 Senators Feinstein and Boxer to Oppose Efforts to Preempt California’s Landmark Tailpipe Emissions Standard
6/7/07 Senators Feinstein, Lugar, Dodd and Hagel Introduce Resolution Reaffirming the Senate’s Commitment to a Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
6/6/07 Senators Feinstein and Snowe Introduce Measure to Ensure Maximum Flexibility for U.S. HIV/AIDS Prevention Funding
6/5/07 Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa and Police Chief William Bratton Testify at Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing in Support of Senator Feinstein’s Comprehensive Gang Legislation
6/1/07 FY’08 Intelligence Authorization Bill Approved by Senate Panel Includes Provision to Require National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Potential National Security Impacts of Climate Change

May 2007

Date Title
5/25/07 Senate Approves FY’07 Supplemental Appropriations Bill
5/25/07 Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Prewar Intelligence Assessments about Postwar Iraq
5/25/07 Burma: Feinstein Statement on Aung San Suu Kyi's Continued Detention
5/25/07 U.S. Senate Approves Feinstein-Chambliss Legislation to Reauthorize Byrne/JAG Grants for State and Local Law Enforcement
5/25/07 Senator Feinstein Raises Concerns with Defense Secretary Over Proposed Move of Navy SEALs Headquarters From Coronado, California, to Virginia
5/25/07 Senator Feinstein Introduces Comprehensive Reform Legislation to Ensure Accurate Counts in Federal Elections
5/25/07 Senator Feinstein Introduces Measure to Authorize a New Groundwater Storage Project to Increase Water Supply for Irrigation in California’s Central Valley