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Press Releases - 2002

DECEMBER

SENATOR FEINSTEIN, GOVERNOR DAVIS, INTERIOR SECRETARY NORTON ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT ON ACQUISITION OF 16,500 ACRES OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY SALT PONDS (12/16/02)

Senator Feinstein Releases Selected Unofficial Transcripts of Tapes that Contain Evidence of Fraud and Manipulation of the Western Energy Market (12/12/02)

Senator Feinstein Calls for Hearings on New Evidence of Fraud and Manipulation in the Western Energy Market (12/11/02)

Joint Intelligence Committee Report includes Recommendation To Create a Director of National Intelligence (12/11/02)

Statement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to President James Earl Carter (12/10/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on a decision by the 9th Circuit Upholding the Nation's Most Sweeping Assault Weapons Ban (12/6/02)

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on a FERC Administrative Law Judge Decision that El Paso Natural Gas "Withheld Extremely Large Amounts" of Natural Gas that could have Flowed to California (10/31/02)

Senators Feinstein, Smith, DeWine and Durbin Lead a Coalition of Senators Urging President Bush to Increase U.S. Foreign Assistance (10/23/02)

The Senate Approves Bills to Name Los Angeles Post Offices After "Chick" Hearn and Nat "King" Cole (10/18/02)

Senate Approves Feinstein - Hagel Resolution ExpressingSympathy with the People of Australia Over Bombing (10/18/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Guilty Plea of Enron Energy Trader (10/17/02)

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein The Right Course on (10/10/02)

Panel Approves $10.5 Billion Spending Bill to Fund Military Construction, Housing, and Remediation Projects (10/9/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein at a Hearing Examining Effectiveness of USA Patriot Act and Border Security Legislation on War on Terror (10/9/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein - On the MWD vote against the Cadiz Water Storage Project (10/7/02)

Senator Feinstein Urges Action on Legislation to Strengthen Leadership of U.S. Intelligence Community (10/3/02)

Congress Approves Senator Feinstein's Proposal for New Judgeships for California (10/3/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Decision of the ILWU and the PMA to Agree to Federal Mediation (10/3/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein - On the Lockout at West Coast Ports - (10/2/02)

Statement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Announcement that AOL and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Will Issue Online AMBER Alerts (10/01/02)

SEPTEMBER

Foreign Relations Authorization Act Includes Feinstein-Lantos Provisions to Safeguard Tibetan Cultural Autonomy (9/30/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Politicization of the Debate on Iraq (9/25/02)

Conference Committee Approves Senator Feinstein's Proposal for New Judgeships for California (9/24/02)

Senators Feinstein, McConnell & 30 Others Ask UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to Investigate Rape Cases by Burmese Soldiers Over the Last Five Years (9/23/02)

Senate Commerce Committee Approves Feinstein-McCain Measure to Aid Airport Screeners (9/19/02)

Senators Feinstein, Lincoln and 18 Others Ask Senator Daschle to Include Disproportionate Share Hospital Provisions in Medicare Provider Legislation (9/17/02)

Senator Feinstein Calls For Bush Administration Help in Obtaining National Intelligence Estimate On Iraq Threat (9/17/02)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Bills to Name Los Angeles Post Offices After "Chick" Hearn and Nat "King" Cole (9/13/02)

Senate Approves Hutchison-Feinstein Legislation To Create Nationwide AMBER Alert Network (9/10/02)

Senators Hatch and Feinstein Introduce Comprehensive Legislation to Punish Crimes Against Children (9/10/02)

STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN More Questions Than Answers on Iraq (9/5/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on her Decision to Vote against the Confirmation of Justice Priscilla Owen (9/5/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Hutchison-Feinstein Legislation To Create Nationwide AMBER Alert Network (9/5/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Legislation to Create a Nationwide AMBER Alert Network (9/4/02)

Senators Feinstein and Hutchison Introduce Legislation To Create Nationwide AMBER Alert Network (9/3/02)

AUGUST

Statement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein On the Selection of the San Francisco Bay Area as a Finalist for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games (8/27/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein - On President Bush's New Forest Fire Plan (8/22/02)

Senator Feinstein Urges MWD to Reject Controversial Mojave Water Project (8/21/02)

Senator Feinstein Questions Navy on El Toro Clean-up Plans (8/19/02)

Statement by Senator Feinstein-On FERC's Probe of Market Manipulation (8/13/02)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Encourage Federal Agencies to Share More Homeland Defense Intelligence with State and Local Governments (8/2/02)

Senators Feinstein, Kyl, Hutchison, and Snowe Introduce New Measure to Protect America's Seaports (8/1/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the Passage of Trade Promotion Authority Conference Report (8/1/02)

Senate Unanimously Confirms Morrison England for District Court (8/1/02)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Transfer Land to the Clovis Unified School District for Environmental Learning Center (8/1/02)

JULY

Senators Feinstein and Leahy Introduce Resolution Opposing the Use of Force Against Iraq without Congressional Authorization (7/30/02)

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Bill To Provide Needed Funds for Housing, Veterans and Economic Development (7/25/02)

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2003 Agriculture Legislation (7/25/02)

Senate Appropriations Committee Restores $8.6 Billion for Highway Trust Fund (7/25/02)

Feinstein Measure to Protect Unaccompanied Alien Minors Included in Bill to Form Department of Homeland Security (7/25/02)

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves over $450 million for California Water Projects, Including $30 Million for CALFED (7/24/02)

Senator Feinstein Calls on the Bush Administration to Reconsider Decision to Divert $34 million from UN Fund for Population (7/24/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Nomination Hearing of Priscilla Owen (7/23/02)

House Approves Feinstein Legislation to Protect Immigrant Children From 'Aging Out' of Visa Eligibility (7/22/02)

Senators Feinstein, Hutchinson, Kohl Introduce Bill to Provide $125.5 Million to Fight Methamphetamine (7/19/02)

Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2003 Commerce, Justice, and State Spending Bill (7/18/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Compromise Legislation that Provides Access to DNA Testing for Prisoners and Competent Counsel for Capital Defendants (7/18/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein Bill to Authorize Funds for Incarceration of Illegal Immigrants (7/18/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Crime Victims' Rights Amendment (7/17/02)

Senator Feinstein Urges FERC to Reconsider Expected Decision to Lift West-Wide Price Cap (7/17/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Today's FERC Order (7/17/02)

Senate Approves Schumer-Feinstein Amendment Banning Corporations from Loaning Money to Their Executives or Corporate Directors (7/12/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act (7/11/02)

Senators Feinstein, Leahy, Schumer, Boxer, Clinton Urge Attorney General Ashcroft to Review Purchase of Williams Cos. Ethanol Plants (7/11/02)

Senators Feinstein, Fitzgerald, Harkin, Lugar, Cantwell Introduce Bill to Provide Transparency and Oversight for Energy Transactions (7/11/02)

Statement by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein - On the Split Vote by the President's Bioethics Council on Nuclear Transplantation Stem Cell Research (7/11/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on Legislation to Provide Transparency and Oversight for Energy Transactions (7/10/02)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Give Federal Regulators New Authority to Police Competitive Energy Markets (7/10/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act (7/9/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein in Opposition to a Resolution Making Yucca Mountain the National Repository for Nuclear Waste (7/9/02)

JUNE

Senate Approves Feinstein Amendment to Swap Land Between Army and the City of Seaside at the Former Fort Ord Property (6/28/02)

Senate Interior Appropriations Bill Includes Millions for Tahoe, the Desert, and other Preservation Projects in California (6/27/02)

Senator Feinstein and 41 Others Introduce Resolution to Prohibit Employment Discrimination in the U.S. Senate Based on Sexual Orientation (6/27/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the 9th Circuit Court Ruling on the Pledge of Allegiance (6/26/02)

Senate Approves Feinstein/Stevens Amendment to Prohibit the Development or Use of Nuclear Armed Interceptors (6/26/02)

Senate Unanimously Confirms Morrison England for District Court (6/25/02)

Opening Statement of Senator Feinstein at Hearing to Examine Strengths and Weaknesses of Homeland Security Agency (6/25/02)

SENATORS FEINSTEIN AND BOXER CALL ON PRESIDENT TO APPROVE $200 MILLION LOAN TO PREVENT AMTRAK SHUTDOWN (6/24/02)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Fund Schools in Yosemite (6/20/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Morrison England for District Court (6/20/02)

Senate Approves Feinstein/Hutchison Resolution Honoring Flight Attendants (6/19/02)

Senator Feinstein Introduces Legislation to Strengthen Leadership of U.S. Intelligence Community (6/19/02)

Senator Feinstein Co-sponsors Legislation to Empower FDA to Regulate Tobacco Products 6/18/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein - On a New GAO Report on FERC - (6/17/02)

Senate Unanimously Approves Feinstein Legislation to Protect Immigrant Children From 'Aging Out' of Visa Eligibility (6/14/02)

Bioterrorism Law Includes Feinstein/Gregg Measure to Require Strict Certification of Labs (6/12/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on her Vote to Oppose the Permanent Repeal of the Estate Tax (6/12/02)

Senate Approves Kyl-Feinstein Amendment to Assist Border Patrol Efforts (6/10/02)

Senator Feinstein Reiterates Request to EPA Administrator Whitman to Provide Ethanol Emissions Analysis (6/10/02)

Senator Feinstein Urges FERC to Investigate whether Perot Systems Provided Energy Sellers Strategies to Game CA Energy Market (6/6/02)

Senator Feinstein Announces Legislation to Reorganize U.S. Intelligence Community (6/7/02)

Senators Feinstein and Boxer Introduce Bill to Require Mexican Border Power Plants to Meet Clean Air Standards (6/5/02)

Senate Panel Approves CALFED Bill - Legislation by Senators Feinstein and Boxer Authorizes $1.6 billion for California Water - (6/5/02)

Senate Approves Feinstein Resolution to Increase Foreign Aid Spending by 25 Percent a Year (6/4/02)

MAY

Historic Agreement Reached to Purchase San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds (5/29/02)

Senators Feinstein and Stevens Express Concern that Nuclear Tipped Warheads May be Used as Part of National Missile Defense (5/23/02)

Senators Feinstein, Kyl, Grassley, and Sessions Introduce New Legislation to Increase Penalties for Identity Theft Crimes (5/22/02)

Senators Gordon Smith and Dianne Feinstein Introduce Legislation to Increase Social Security Benefits of Widows (5/21/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On FERC's Request to Energy Companies to Disclose Whether They Were Involved in "Wash" Transactions (5/21/02)

U.S. Department of Agriculture to Provide $16.3 million in Loans to Promote Rural Development in California (5/21/02)

Senator Feinstein, 5 Others Ask Justice Department to Review Purchase of Ethanol Producer by ADM (5/21/02)

Statement By U.S. Senator Feinstein On Concerns Raised About Possible Terrorist Attacks on Our Nation (5/17/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Feinstein Legislation to Combat Identity Theft (5/16/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approved Feinstein Legislation to Protect Immigrant Children From 'Aging Out' of Visa Eligibility (5/16/02)

APRIL

Senate Approves Debra Yang as U.S. Attorney for Los Angeles (4/22/02)

Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Approves Nominees for California District Court, U.S. Attorney - District Court Nominees Unanimously Selected by Bipartisan Judicial Advisory Committee (4/18/02)

Senators Feinstein and McConnell Urge Sanctions Against Arafat, PLO Over Palestinian Suicide Bombings (4/18/02)

Senators Feinstein and Kyl Reintroduce Victims' Rights Constitutional Amendment - President Bush and Attorney General Ashcroft Endorsed Amendment at Justice Department Ceremony (4/15/02)

Air Force to Station Cargo Planes at Travis, March, and Channel Islands (4/12/02)

U.S. Senate Today Begins Debate on New Feinstein Border Security Bill (4/12/02)

Feinstein Calls Ethanol Mandate 'New Gas Tax'- Offers Amendments to Limit Impact on California (4/11/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein -- On the Importance of Nuclear Transplantation Research (4/10/02)

STATEMENT OF U.S. SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN - A Last, Best Chance to Restore Peace in the Middle East (4/9/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on an INS Proposal to Tighten Student Visa Regulations (4/8/02)

Feinstein Cosponsors Bill to Provide Benefits to Filipino Veterans who Served in the U.S. Armed Forces (4/5/02)

MARCH

Senator Feinstein to Introduce Legislation to Provide $125.5 Million to Fight Methamphetamine - Bill Would Also Close "Blister Pack Loophole" - (3/27/02)

Senator Feinstein Urges Action to Protect Mojave National Preserve - Feinstein also says Cadiz project must receive highest level of scrutiny from Interior Department - (3/26/02)

Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge Vice President to Reconsider Offer to Meet with Arafat (3/22/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein - On Reports of a Major New INS Foul-up - (3/22/02)

Statement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information "Identity Theft: Restoring Your Good Name." (3/20/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein On the Passage of the Campaign Finance Reform Bill (3/20/02)

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein Urging Senate Passage of the "Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act" (3/20/02)

Senator Feinstein to Offer Modified Amendment To Regulate Energy, Metals Trading (3/18/02)

Senators Feinstein and Boxer Urge the EPA and the Department of Energy to Fulfill Commitments Regarding Santa Susana Field Laboratory Cleanup (3/15/02)

Statement by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein - On the decision by Governor Davis to Extend the MTBE Phase-out Date (3/15/02)

Important Provisions for California in the Senate Farm Bill (3/13/02)

Statement by Senator Feinstein "New Ethanol Mandate Could Leave California Open to Price Spikes and Shortages of Gasoline" (3/8/02)

Senator Feinstein Offers Amendment To Regulate Energy Trading (3/8/02)

GAO: Fraudulent Use of Social Security Numbers Climbs by 500% (3/7/02)

Ethanol Mandates Could Lead to Price Spikes and Shortages of Gasoline - GAO report reveals extreme concentration in ethanol marketplace (3/5/02)

FEBRUARY

Senator Feinstein, Legislators & Cancer Research Advocates Unveil New National Battle Plan Against Cancer (2/27/02)

Feinstein, DeWine Lead Group of 30 Senators in Call for Increased U.S. Foreign Aid Funding- Senators Assert Increase Will Help Fight War on Terror (2/15/02)

Black History Month "A Tribute to the Heroes"

Statement of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information "Privacy, Identity Theft and Protection of Your Personal Information in the 21st Century" (2/14/02)

Senators Feinstein, Cantwell and Wyden Introduce Legislation to Regulate Energy Trading (2/14/02)

U.S. Senate Approves Farm Bill - Measure Includes Feinstein Provisions to Protect Against Pests, Allow California Sugar Cane Production and Provide Crop Insurance to California Growers (2/13/02)

Statement of Senator Feinstein on Legislation that would Ban Human Cloning, While Allowing Therapeutic Cloning for Research (2/5/02)

JANUARY

Statement by Senator Dianne Feinstein-On the U.S. Freezing the Assets of Firms and Individuals Associated with Drug Traffickers (1/31/02)

Senator Feinstein Asks Energy Committee Chairman for Hearing Into Enron's Role in the California Energy Crisis (1/28/02)

Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Decision to Allow California to Insure Low-Income Parents (1/25/02)

Senator Feinstein To Chair Judiciary Hearing on Legislation to Ban Human Cloning, while Allowing Therapeutic Cloning for Research (1/24/02)

City of San Francisco and Navy Sign Master Plan for the Cleanup and Revitalization of Hunters Point Naval Shipyard (1/23/02)