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WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) on Thursday, June 12, praised Senate passage of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The measure, which passed by voice vote Wednesday evening, June 11, will now go to the House of Representatives, where it is expected […]

Netanyahu and president-elect Rivlin seek to put differences aside (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli president-elect MK Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met privately Wednesday to discuss their future work plans. The two have been bitter rivals despite being members of the same party, Likud. But as prime minister and president, their relationship cannot

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) released on Monday, June 9,  the following statement in response to the recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) announcement that measles cases in the United States have reached a 20-year high: “Measles was considered eliminated from the United States in 2000, but this year there have already

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — In a post on this page almost two years ago, I noted that Lawrence Block, master storyteller with a sense of Yiddishkeit and gumshoe charm, has fans all over the world, mostly in North America, where his detective novels have done very well over the years. Block, who

By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Ask any procrastinator – and he or she will tell you that which should be done today is better done tomorrow – or, better yet, in a thousand years. For countless generations the congregants of the ancient Ben Ezra Synagogue of Cairo, Egypt, never got around to cleaning out

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and a bipartisan group of Senators have called on the President to enlist the private sector in helping to fix the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) broken scheduling system. In a letter, Sen. Franken pressed the Obama Administration to engage leaders from the private sector

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In response to the recent mass shooting in the Isla Vista community near Santa Barbara, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, both California Democrats, on Thursday, June 5,  introduced The Pause for Safety Act – legislation that will encourage states to empower families and others with new tools to

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Thursday, June 5, held a public committee hearing on the House-passed FISA reform bill, the USA FREEDOM Act. Following is her opening statement, as delivered: * Today we meet to receive testimony and discuss the legislation passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 to

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday, June 4, sent a letter to California Governor Edmund G. Brown, State Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins on the recent tragic violence in Isla Vista and possible actions to prevent more senseless killings. Feinstein urged the lawmakers to amend California