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Dianne Feinstein
stated on August 3, 2019 in a tweet:

There are "more gun deaths by far" in the United States than any other country in the world.

By Chris Nichols • August 6, 2019
Dianne Feinstein
stated on November 6, 2017 in a tweet:

"Teachers spend $1.6 BILLION per year on school supplies. The Republican tax bill ELIMINATES their ability to deduct those expenses."

By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017
Dianne Feinstein
stated on July 12, 2016 in a No on Prop. 64 campaign press release. :

California’s marijuana legalization initiative, Prop. 64 "allows marijuana smoking ads in prime time, on programs with millions of children and teenage viewers."

By Chris Nichols • August 5, 2016
Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 3, 2016 in a newspaper Q&A:

California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."

By Chris Nichols • May 31, 2016
Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:

"No poll done this year ... shows less than a majority to reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons."

By Becky Bowers • April 22, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 7, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC's Hardball:

"We have no regulation of drones in the United States in their commercial use."

By Becky Bowers • March 11, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
stated on January 27, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":

"One out of every five law enforcement officers that's killed is killed with an assault weapon."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2013
Dianne Feinstein
stated on March 8, 2010 in a New York Times article:

"We are the only industrialized nation that relies heavily on a for-profit medical insurance industry to provide basic health care."

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2010