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David Schweikert: I remember you and I having this conversation on the floor and particularly Members from the left coming to the…

On the recordMay 19, 2015
I remember you and I having this conversation on the floor and particularly Members from the left coming to the microphone and basically scolding me on how insensitive I was. Now I realize that my father may have been right about something. He said: ``It is almost always about the money.'' When you look at The Economist article, you start to realize that this was a jobs act for the Democrat supporters and the trial bar because they are running up and down our communities, suing small businesses. And I believe you are absolutely correct: our future will be hotels and resorts without pools at all. Once again, the folks in the opposition questioned our sensitivity, our love for our brothers and sisters. And we were trying to say, This is the economic argument, and here is the litigious argument. And we lost. The administration basically gave into the trial bar, and now we do have the ``I told you so.''
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David Schweikert
Republican · Arizona
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May 19, 2015

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