Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinsteinis the senior United States Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992. She also served as the 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 June 1933
CitySan Francisco, CA
CountryUnited States of America
religious gun thinking
Our supportfor assault weapons ban is very broad...I think we've got all the police, we have all the mayors virtually - the conference of mayors, mayors against guns. We have medical experts, we have virtually dozens of religious organizations of every creed supporting us. We have just lists and lists.
gun years gun-control
So there will be a bill. We've been working on it now for a year.
gun banned if-i-could
If I could have banned them all...I would have!
gun america fundamentals
Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe.
gun second-amendment needs
The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.
determination husband gun
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.
gun america second-amendment
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.
gun hunting law
We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines.
recovery government profound
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.
shoes issues people
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.
responsibility thinking issues
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 .
law assault-weapons cities
Assault weapons pose a grave threat to all Americans, but most especially to law enforcement officers on our city streets.
doorways ifs
Women have begun to see that if I go through that doorway, I take everybody through it.
country rights people
The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their sexual orientation, we deprive them of their rights of citizenship, and we deprive our armed forces the service of willing and capable Americans.