Dianne Feinstein

Supreme Court justices should not be an extension of the Republican Party. ”

Banning guns addresses a fundamental right of all Americans to feel safe. ”

Torture goes against the very soul of our country. We are a democracy, established on the rule of law. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Global warming is real. It is happening today. It is being charted by our satellites. It is being charted by our scientists. It is being charted by those of us in this body, and I think the real key is if we are ready to admit that fact and take the action to make the necessary conversion. ”

In addition to being a terrorist recruiting tool, Guantanamo is a huge drain on taxpayer dollars. ”

Survival is nothing more than recovery. ”

The sole purpose of nuclear weapons must be to deter their use by others. ”

For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. ”