Trent Lott: “Let me begin at the beginning of this effort. I thank my colleagues for this bipartisan effort. It shows what we can do…”

“Let me begin at the beginning of this effort. I thank my colleagues for this bipartisan effort. It shows what we can do when we work together. Now, we have a long road to go, but this is being introduced as a bipartisan measure with leaders from both sides and leaders of the Judiciary Committee joining in cosponsoring this legislation. How did I get interested in this area? Well, it is like so many things in my life that go back only until August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina devastated my hometown and the area of my State that I love so much, Mississippi and the gulf coast area. I had been active in years gone by actually in the insurance area. I had done some law practice in that area. I had done some defense work. But I never had become steeped in the laws that apply to the industry because most of the time I was dealing with an automobile accident case or something of that nature. Well, after Hurricane Katrina we learned a lot of lessons, and we found a lot of new concerns in areas where we had to take action.”