I wonder what cannot be reached within the framework of economy? Any inactivity or activity, I wonder what could not be reached by the commerce clause?

We take an oath, we swear to uphold and defend the Constitution, not to adding the words unless the Supreme Court thinks otherwise.

Thank you, Mr. Nadler. And just to clarify the point, both tax preferred status and appropriations have been recognized in the courts as being allowed for a public good.

I thank the gentleman. It should be noted the gentleman was a prime sponsor of the partial birth abortion, and will forever be a hero to me because of that.

The current system is as ineffective a mechanism for adjudicating medical liability claims as it can be.

The medical liability litigation system in the United States, I think, by all accounts, is broken and in desperate need of reform.

Only reforms to the system at the Federal level can address the current national medical liability crisis.

It is astonishing how a lot of the economists can talk in big words, but, fundamentally, the economy is about productivity.

Unless we understand what triggered the crisis we cannot hope to answer it with the right reform or solution.

I just think that you are talking about a modicum of chaos here, and there is a lot of hubris I am hearing here that if the right people were in charge it would all work out okay.

It institutionalizes the temptation for large firms to take excessive risks, banking on government bailouts.