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Hexavalent chromium, a potentially cancer-causing heavy metal made famous by activist Erin Brockovich, is found in drinking water supplies throughout most of the Coachella Valley at 150 to more than 1,000 times above Californias public health goal, a Des
Calling politicians hypocrites is like calling water wet. But even by the low standards of the United States Congress, a highhanded move last week by House Republicans to override decades-old California environmental protections and water-rights laws tha
Committee chair, Sen Diane Feinstein,D-CA, and co-chair Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-GA, are seated prior to the US Senate Intelligence Committee holding a full committee hearing on 'World Wide Threats.' on January 31, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. View Photo »
This constant push that everything has to be militarized ... I don't think that creates a good country ... Because we have values, and due process of law is one of those values. And so I object, I object to holding American citizens without trial. I do not believe that makes us more safe.
WASHINGTON — San Joaquin Valley farmers would secure more water and an ambitious river restoration plan would be curtailed under a far-reaching California bill approved by a key House panel Thursday night. Opposed by the Brown administration in Sacrament
Scott Gabaldon is the tribal chairman of the Mishewal Wappo Tribe of Alexander Valley, who are seeking to have their tribal status restored by the federal government. The Mishewal Wappo Indians of Alexander Valley could be called Sonoma County’s lost tri
The House Natural Resources Committee on Thursday approved H.R. 1837, a bill that would eliminate environmental protections for the Delta and Central Valley rivers, secure more water for corporate agribusiness on the San Joaquin Valley's west side and up
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) is escorted by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (L) (D-VT) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (R) (D-CA) prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a oversight hearing on... View Photo »
I really object to the statement just made that this will make the United States of America less safe ... Ten years of experience has seen that it has not. Plot after plot after plot has been interrupted. I have served on the Intelligence Committee for 11 years now. ... This country is much more safe be...
Los Angeles: Tibet activists have unfurled a massive 40 foot banner today reading “Xi Jinping: Tibet Will Be Free” outside the Marriott Hotel in Los Angeles where California Governor Brown and US officials met with China’s future president. The banner wa
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (IPA: /ˈfаɪnˌstаɪn/) (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Feinstein holds a number of "firsts"; she was the first female President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's... Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) is escorted by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (L) (D-VT) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (R) (D-CA) prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a oversight hearing on Capitol Hill December 14, 2011 in...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) arrive for a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines Thursday to...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (2nd R) speaks during a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and Senate Majority Whip...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (2nd L) introduces Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (3rd L) during a news conference with (L-R) Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Sen. Charles...
View Photo »Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. , right, accompanied by fellow committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , left, and committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011,...
View Photo »Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calf. , right, accompanied by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, to discuss Judiciary Committee action on legislation to...
View Photo »Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , center, flanked by Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Del. , left, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-VT. , right, take part in news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, to discuss Judiciary Committee...
View Photo »Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011, before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on pipeline safety since San Bruno, Calif. , and other recent incidents.
View Photo »US Sen. Diane Feinstein,D-CA, arrives to meet with the Democratic Caucus August 1, 2011 at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.The fate of a massive US austerity plan headed Monday into the hands of Congress, where leaders have just hours to win over skeptical lawmakers or face an...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 01: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) talks with a reporter before meeting with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and the Senate Democratic caucus at the U.S. Capitol August 1, 2011 in Washington, United States. U.S. President Barack Obama announced a bi-partisan deal on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JULY 30: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (2nd L) speaks as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) listens during a news conference July 30, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House rejected Reid's proposed debt ceiling bill one day after the Senate...
View Photo »Matt Olsen, President Barack Obama's choice to become director of the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC), center, is greeted on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 26, 2011, by Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , right, and committee member Sen....
View Photo »US Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairwoman of the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee listens as General David Petraeus testifies before Committee on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency June 23, 2011 in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington,...
View Photo »General David Petraeus (2nd L), US President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, arrives to meet with Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, June 15,...
View Photo »Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. , center, accompanied by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , right, and fellow committee member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011,...
View Photo »Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, holds up a copy of the report 'US and Mexican Responses to Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations' at tne Senate Caucus hearing on International Narcotics Control on US - Central America...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) thanks Senate Appropriations Committee Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (L) for extra time to quesiton Energy Secretary Steven Chu about the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 18: Energy Secretary Steven Chu (L) talks with Senate Appropriations Committee Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) before a hearing on Capitol Hill May 18, 2011 in Washington, DC. Chu was testifying about the Energy...
View Photo »L-R: US Senator Diane Feinstein, D-CA,Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-KY, and John McCain, R-AZ begin meetings at the US Capitol on May 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Calderon will meet Congressional leaders to discuss US/Mexico relations.
View Photo »L-R: US Senator Dick Lugar , R-IN, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-NV, Senator Diane Feinstein, D-CA, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-KY, begin meetings at the US Capitol on May 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. Calderon will meet with...
View Photo »Mexican President Felipe Calderon, center, is welcomed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. , right.
View Photo »Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. , chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, walks to a closed intelligence briefing with CIA Director Leon Panetta at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 3, 2011.
View Photo »U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein talks with reporters after her luncheon speech at the California Democrats State Convention in Sacramento, Calif. , Saturday, April 30, 2011. Feinstein told the Democratic faithful that they must work to retake the Hose of Representatives next year or risk...
View Photo »U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, right, talks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris after Feinsten's luncheon speech at the California Democrats State Convention in Sacramento, Calif. , Saturday, April 30, 2011. Feinstein told the Democratic faithful that they must work to retake...
View Photo »U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, right, talks with California Attorney General Kamala Harris, left and Democratic State Party Chairman John Burton, center, after her speech at the California Democrats State Convention in Sacramento, Calif. , Saturday, April 30, 2011. Feinstein told the...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 14: FBI Director Robert Mueller (C) is escorted by committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (L) (D-VT) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (R) (D-CA) prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during a oversight hearing on Capitol Hill December 14, 2011 in...
View Photo »This constant push that everything has to be militarized ... I don't think that creates a good country ... Because we have values, and due process of law is one of those values. And so I object, I object to holding American citizens without trial. I do not believe that makes us more safe.
I really object to the statement just made that this will make the United States of America less safe ... Ten years of experience has seen that it has not. Plot after plot after plot has been interrupted. I have served on the Intelligence Committee for 11 years now. ... This country is much more safe be...
Due process is a basic right of this democracy
The U.S. government should not have the ability to lock away its citizens for years and perhaps decades without charging them
We are not a nation that locks up its citizens without charge, prosecution and conviction
I strongly believe the U.S. government should not have the ability to lock away its citizens...without charging and providing a heightened level of due process. We don't pick up citizens...without giving them due process of law
Having worked closely with maritime unions and with legislators from both sides of the aisle, I am delighted that the America’s Cup Act has now passed both Houses of Congress and awaits President Obama’s signature ... This straightforward, common sense legislation facilitates international participation...
