Zoe Lofgren: “I yield myself 45 seconds to note that in the Providian case I mentioned where the district attorney in San Francisco…”

“I yield myself 45 seconds to note that in the Providian case I mentioned where the district attorney in San Francisco pursued a remedy for the citizens, the public, the people in San Francisco, obtaining a $300 million benefit for consumers, there was incomplete diversity and it was not removed because one of the subsidiary defendants was from out of State. However, under this act, that action would have to be removed and would have to be dismissed, because rule 23 relative to class actions cannot possibly be complied with by district attorneys acting on behalf of the people, and I think that this is a very stealthy way to eliminate jurisdiction of district attorneys and city attorneys acting in their civil capacity on the part of the people. I would urge that this amendment be adopted to cure this fatal defect. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.”