Longest-Serving Female US Senator Dianne Feinstein Dead at 90
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00:00 Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman in the U.S. Senate, has died.
00:05 Feinstein was a native of San Francisco, California, and graduated from Stanford University.
00:12 She became the city's first female mayor in 1978, leading the city's government for a decade.
00:18 In 1992, Feinstein was elected to the U.S. Senate, holding her seat for over 30 years.
00:25 In her more than three decades in the Senate, Feinstein worked on a variety of legislative issues she felt were important to her California constituents,
00:34 including the environment, LGBTQ+ equality, and sponsoring the 1994 federal assault weapons ban.
00:42 We have to come to grips in America with our love affair with weapons.
00:47 The California Democrat held many firsts, including the first woman to chair the Senate Rules Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee.
00:55 Fellow senators from both sides of the aisle paid tribute to their colleague, leaving a bouquet of white roses on what was once her seat.
01:03 I ask that the Senate observe a moment of silence in honor of Senator Dianne Feinstein.
01:12 Senator Feinstein announced she would not go for re-election when her term was up in 2024.
01:18 Her last vote was cast the day before she died.
01:22 Senator Dianne Feinstein was 90 years old.
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