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TJ Cox: “I would just point out, we just saw an exhibit on the floor and, as is so often the case when one reads the headlines…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1995
I would just point out, we just saw an exhibit on the floor and, as is so often the case when one reads the headlines, you miss the story. In the fine print the gentleman from Michigan forgot to tell us the last sentence of that happens to be a concise statement of the purpose of the bill. It says, ``The purpose of the bill,'' and this was actually on what he presented to us, but you could not read it, only the headline, ``The purpose of this bill remains to reduce litigation to cut down on fraud committed by unscrupulous lawyers and professional plaintiffs.''
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TJ Cox
California
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the purpose of a bill related to litigation and fraud during a House floor debate.

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