Brian Bilbray: “My question is as to who are the rascals and who are the rogues. Frankly, when we have 40 percent of the cases under the…”

“My question is as to who are the rascals and who are the rogues. Frankly, when we have 40 percent of the cases under the RICO being identified as being not as the original intention to the depth of what the original intention was supposed to come out, there are rascals and rogues who would manipulate the law for their own personal gains. This amendment would try to rectify that problem. I do not think anybody who voted for the original intention expected it to be a free ride for those in the legal profession, to be able to dig deep into other people's pockets, or to be able to have procedures that they could not use in any other civil cases. However, to take advantage of a law that was meant to stop racketeering, to take advantage of legislation that was meant to protect the people of this country from organized crime, truly is immoral.”