Political Quotes

“this bill ought to be determined kill them, not injure them. Certainly in regard to the DeWine small business amendment, where it is the lesser of $250,000 or two times noneconomic and economic damages, you can have instances in death cases where the limit would be zero because there are no economic damages and because death occurs immediately, without pain and suffering, or with a minimum amount of time in which one goes through that. But the whole issue comes down to the role of the Senate. To me, the role of the Senate in regards to this is extremely important. Some of my colleagues, I am afraid, do not realize there will be a conference and the House of Representatives bill, which was passed, which has a 15-year statute of repose, which does not even have the Snowe amendment, which I consider not to be--an improvement--does not have it in it. And when you go to conference what is going to happen? I do not see the Speaker of the House of Representatives is going to be outdone by my good friend, Senator Rockefeller. I think he will come out with a House version of the bill. So, regardless of what substitute to a substitute might be offered here, if cloture were to be agreed to then what do you do? You go to conference and what do you come out with? You come out with the Gingrich bill. The role of the Senate is to be a deliberative body.…”