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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 400 

Honoring the life and legacy of Dianne Feinstein, the late Senator for the 

State of California. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 4, 2023 

Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Ms. BUTLER, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. MCCONNELL, 

Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 

BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BRAUN, Mrs. BRITT, 

Mr. BROWN, Mr. BUDD, Ms. CANTWELL, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. 

CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. CASSIDY, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. COTTON, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. 

CRUZ, Mr. DAINES, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. DURBIN, Ms. ERNST, Mr. 

FETTERMAN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. 

GRASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. HEINRICH, 

Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HOEVEN, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mr. 

JOHNSON, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KELLY, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. LEE, Mr. LUJA ́N, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. 

MANCHIN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. 

MERKLEY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, 

Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. 

RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Mr. ROMNEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. 

RUBIO, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, 

Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. SINEMA, Ms. SMITH, 

Ms. STABENOW, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. TESTER, Mr. THUNE, Mr. TILLIS, 

Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. VANCE, Mr. WARNER, Mr. 

WARNOCK, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WICKER, 

Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. YOUNG) submitted the following resolution; which 

was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the life and legacy of Dianne Feinstein, the late 

Senator for the State of California. 


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Whereas Dianne Feinstein was born on June 22, 1933, in 

San Francisco, California; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein graduated from Convent of the 

Sacred Heart High School in 1951 and from Stanford 

University in 1955; 

Whereas, while at Stanford University, Dianne Feinstein established the first chapter of Young Democrats and was 

elected student body vice president, the highest office a 

woman could hold at that time; 

Whereas, in 1960, California Governor Pat Brown, having 

read a paper about criminal justice that Dianne Feinstein 

wrote as a fellow at the Coro Foundation in San Francisco, California, named her to the California Women’s 

Board of Terms and Parole, the first position in public 

service she would hold; 

Whereas, on November 5, 1969, Dianne Feinstein was first 

elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and, 

having received the most votes, became the first female 

President of the Board; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein became the first female mayor of 

San Francisco, California, on November 27, 1978, a position to which she was subsequently re-elected twice; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein, in the face of tremendous personal loss, demonstrated great strength and leadership in 

helping unite and heal San Francisco, California, in the 

aftermath of the assassinations of Mayor George 

Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, after the White 

Night riots and the Jonestown massacre, through the 

AIDS crisis, and through multiple assassination attempts 

on her own life; 


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Whereas Dianne Feinstein saved the famed cable cars of San 

Francisco, California, and secured funding to rebuild the 

system in time for the 1984 Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein became the first woman to represent the State of California in the Senate when she was 

elected on November 3, 1992, in what became known as 

the ‘‘Year of the Woman’’, and, with former Senator 

Barbara Boxer, formed the first pair of female Senators 

to represent any State in the history of the United 

States; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein was re-elected to the Senate by 

the people of the State of California 5 more times, including in 2012 when she received the most popular votes 

for any Senate candidate in the history of the United 

States; 

Whereas, while serving in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein became— 

(1) one of the first women to serve on the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the first 

woman to lead her party on the Committee; 

(2) the first woman to chair the Committee on Rules 

and Administration of the Senate; 

(3) the first woman to preside over a presidential inauguration; and 

(4) the first woman to chair the Select Committee 

on Intelligence of the Senate; 

Whereas, in response to numerous tragic acts of gun violence 

in the State of California and across the United States, 

Dianne Feinstein became a leading proponent of efforts 

to address gun violence, including through the passage of 

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tion Act (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Federal Assault 

Weapons Ban’’) (subtitle A of title XI of Public Law 

103–322; 108 Stat. 1996); 

Whereas the singular leadership and determination of Dianne 

Feinstein led to the enactment of legislation to preserve 

millions of acres of land in the State of California, from 

the redwoods of Headwaters Forest to San Francisco 

Bay and Lake Tahoe; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein devoted particular attention to 

protecting the California desert and was the driving force 

behind the establishment of Death Valley National Park, 

Joshua Tree National Park, the Mojave National Preserve, the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument, the Mojave Trails National Monument, 

the Sand to Snow National Monument, and the Castle 

Mountains National Monument; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein demonstrated incredible courage 

and tenacity in spearheading the 5-year, 6,700-page report by the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate on the Detention and Interrogation Program of the 

Central Intelligence Agency, and in the enactment of subsequent legislation with former Senator John McCain to 

prohibit the future use of interrogation techniques described in that report; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein led congressional efforts to secure 

marriage equality, end LGBTQ discrimination, defend reproductive rights, combat violence against women, protect 

victims of trafficking, reform our health care system, provide immigration benefits for agricultural workers, increase fuel economy standards, improve the safety of personal care products, address nuclear waste storage, fund 

breast cancer research, counter illicit narcotics, enhance 


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cybersecurity information sharing, increase resources to 

fight wildfires, and manage the water supply system of 

the State of California; 

Whereas, on March 28, 2021, Dianne Feinstein became the 

longest-serving Senator to represent the State of California; 

Whereas, on November 5, 2022, Dianne Feinstein became the 

longest-serving female Senator in the history of the 

United States; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein never truly stopped being Mayor 

of her beloved San Francisco, California; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein inspired generations of women to 

break barriers and seek positions of leadership, to find 

common ground in order to get things done for the people they represent, and to serve with grace, strength, and 

integrity; 

Whereas Dianne Feinstein was a beloved sister, wife, mother, 

and grandmother; and 

Whereas the State of California and the United States have 

lost a trailblazing lawmaker and dedicated public servant: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the Senate— 

3 (A) has heard with profound sorrow and 

4 deep regret the announcement of the death of 

5 Dianne Feinstein, the late Senator for the State 

6 of California; and 

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1 tion to the House of Representatives and trans2 mit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of 

3 Dianne Feinstein; and 

4 (2) when the Senate adjourns today, it stands 

5 adjourned as a further mark of respect to the mem6 ory of the late Dianne Feinstein. 

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