Spencer Bachus: “Let me say this. We are here for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to protect those victims of asbestos…”

In this economy, the last thing we need is to make it harder for businesses to operate and employ workers, and by that I mean legitimate businesses.

The program also can deny legitimate merchants access to financial networks they need to survive.

If you are imposing costs on the system, you should have to internalize them.

Those left on the short end can often be the people who have the greatest difficulty in getting any credit at all.