Remembering Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her trailblazing career

Fmr. Rep. Jane Harman:

Oh, she was fearless. I don't know anybody more fearless than she was on behalf of things she cared about and thought were the right things to do. You could not budge her, not ever.

The assault weapons ban is a great example, because, there, many members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I think maybe even then-Senator Joe Biden, were much more hesitant to push ahead with that than she was.

And she got it done with help in the committee. It passed the Senate. I think it passed the Senate first, but I voted for it as a House member in my first term, very risky vote for her, but also for me. And, to remind, in 1994, the Democrats lost the majority. Newt Gingrich came to power. Dianne and I were reelected.

In my case, I was reelected by 811 votes out of 225,000 counted votes after a nine-month ordeal, where not only was a count demanded, but there was an investigation by the House, et cetera, et cetera. Looking back on that, Dianne's leadership got me on the team. I think I would have supported it anyway.

But I would never, ever, never have thought about not following Dianne's league. I just — I mean, she was a marvel.

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