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Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (/ˈfaɪnstaɪn/; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from California, serving since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.

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After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need,. . Right now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina need our help. Entire communities have been destroyed. Families have been torn apart. Many are still missing. Tens of thousands remain homeless. As the recovery proceeds, we in the Senate pledge to do everything in our power to help rebuild the shattered lives across the Gulf Coast.

Government, Homeless, Profound, Recovery, Tens, Victims

And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me.

Arm, Determination, Firearms, Gun, Husband, Trained

I'm one that believes that Samuel Alito appointment on the Supreme Court is a pivotal appointment. And because he replace Sandra Day O'Connor and because she was the fifth vote on 148 cases, you well could be a very key and decisive vote.

Believe, Keys, Vote, Appointment, Supreme, Pivotal

And in an issue with this kind of concern to a committee that bears the oversight responsibility, I think you can see that we're very dismayed about it.

Dismayed, Issues, Responsibility, See, Thinking

Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.

America, Hole, Holes, Homeland, Port, Ports

The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.

Gun, Second Amendment, Needs, Guard, States, Longer

I am not a high-tech techie, but I have been told that is not possible.

Has Beens, Nsa, Possible, Techie, Told

Well, that day is gone, and it will not occur again.

Day, Gone, Occur, Wells

It is abundantly clear that a total review of all intelligence programs is necessary so that members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are fully informed as to what is actually being carried out by the intelligence community.

Nsa, Community, Program, Committee, Programs, Review

With the right person in place, a very distressing chapter in the Justice Department's history can be closed and the process of restoring its credibility as a strong and independent department can begin.

Strong, Independent, Justice, Restoring, Department

A woman does not have to make decisions based on the need to survive. She can cut through issues, call shots as she sees them. . . . Many bad decisions are made by men in government because it is good for them personally to make bad public decisions.

Call, Cutting, Good, Issues, Men, Shots

I basically believe the medical insurance industry should be nonprofit, not profit-making. There is no way a health reform plan will work when it is implemented by an industry that seeks to return money to shareholders instead of using that money to provide health care.

Basically, Believe, Instead, Medical Insurance, Provide, Return

[On gay ban in the military:] Heroism, I believe, is a trait that does not know race, color, creed, sex, or sexual orientation.

Sex, Military, Hero, Color, Heroism, Orientation

Survival is nothing more than recovery.

Nothing, Recovery, Survival

So there will be a bill. We've been working on it now for a year.

Bill, Gun, Gun Control, Working, Year, Years

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms.

Accountability, Children, Learning, Left, Potential, School

Abortion, however, is a big threshold issue for me because the dominant majority of people in my state are pro-choice,. . I ran as a pro-choice Democrat, and she fills Sandra Day O'Connor's shoes, and they are critical shoes.

Dominant, Issues, People, Ran, Shoes

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an outright ban, picking up every one of them. . . 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it.

America, Ban, Gun, Mrs, Picking, Second Amendment

Let me say this: I believe closing Guantanamo is in our Nation's national security interest. Guantanamo is used not only by al-Qaida, but also by other nations, governments, and individuals - people good and bad - as a symbol of America's abuse of Muslims, and it is fanning the flames of anti-Americanism around the world.

America, Believe, Government, Guantanamo, Interest

An inflated balloon -- impressive to look at but hollow at the core and easily punctured.

Balloon, Balloons, Impressive, Inflated, Look, Looks

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