Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to me. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this improving amendment which would save even more Federal taxpayer dollars by requiring the filing of affidavits of merit from an…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I have a statement before me from Chairman Goodlatte, the chairman of the full Judiciary Committee. I am going to represent this as his statement, but the chairman thanks the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Chairman, I point out also that this bill keeps these cases in State court. It doesn't move them to Federal court. Previous legislation that has been brought to this floor, a decade or so ago, did…

Mr. Chair, I am happy to accept the time from the gentleman from Tennessee and make the point that hasn't been made very well here today that--apparently, not well enough or the gentleman wouldn't have yielded the time to me, I don't…

Mr. Chair, I thank the gentleman from Texas for his leadership on the Rules Committee and in many other ways; and I also thank Dr. Burgess, another gentleman from Texas on the Rules Committee whose amendment is being offered by Mr…

Mr. Chairman, I thank Dr. Roe, the gentleman from Tennessee, for bringing this amendment. Looking at the language here, it is interesting that the concern was that the witnesses may not be available within a large State. I notice, as I…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I want to express, Mr. Chairman, how much I appreciate the work that has been done by so many people and their part in this bill. I rise in support of this improving…

Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time. First, I say in response to the gentleman from Maryland's discussion about the States courts that have prohibited caps. That is one of the reasons that we need this legislation, is that you…

Mr. Chairman, I inquire as to the amount of time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Chairman, as you listen to the stories that are here that have been delivered by the gentleman from Florida, I am wondering why we haven't heard these stories come out of California. Because this…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 minute. Mr. Chairman, it is just interesting to me to hear this discussion about the Senate addressing the healthcare situation in America. I stood on this floor time, after time, after time, and in 2010…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself an additional 1 minute. One of the most recent studies, published a few months ago in the Journal of the American College of Radiology studied the effects of tort reform on just radiographic tests alone and…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself an additional 2 minutes. That is a very real phenomenon confirmed by countless studies in which healthcare workers conduct many additional costly tests and procedures with no medical value. That is charged to…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 5 minutes. Mr. Chairman, first of all, the statement that this bill caps or limits States on economic or noneconomic damages is incorrect. In fact, I would point the gentlewoman from Texas to page 6 of the…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 15 seconds. I would just point out to the body that I didn't hear a single fact in the previous 2 minutes. It is all opinion and hurled accusations. But I think it is important for this body to deliberate over…

Never in my 30-plus years of farming did I feel the government was going to be a threat to me and my young son's farm operation.

if you are from my part of the world. He called it 'nonsense.'

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Massachusetts.