Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, sometimes I don't understand why my Democratic colleagues put forward certain bills and not other bills, and this is not a bill that--I don't know about my colleagues, but I haven't had a lot of constituents talk to me about this bill and the need for it. In fact, I have in front of me a recent poll that was done. It was conducted in March 2019. There were 1,000 registered voters who were polled. In that poll, it asked: ``Is arbitration viewed much more favorably than both class-action and individual lawsuits?'' On this, it said in all cases that arbitration was viewed more favorably by our constituents than individual lawsuits. It goes on to break this down among Republicans, independents, and Democrats. In this case, Republicans thought that arbitration was a better format by 47 percent; independents, 36 percent; and half and half, another 36 percent. Democrats thought arbitration was better than going to court, 44 percent, and then another 34 percent added to 10 percent. Our constituents--and I may not be reading this right because it is in black and white instead of color. I will show it to the gentlewoman later. If you add the two together, it clearly shows that Republicans, independents, and Democrats favor arbitration over going to court, and it is probably because of cases like this.…”