Patricia Schroeder: “Mr. Chairman, I think the way to frame this bill is this is the Washington-knows-best bill, and, for the life of me, I…”

“Mr. Chairman, I think the way to frame this bill is this is the Washington-knows-best bill, and, for the life of me, I cannot figure out why we are doing this. We are here upsetting over 200 years of tradition and we are doing it after almost everyone has gone home. Let's face it, only the committees are here debating and this whole thing has been ramrodded through. We are beginning to see now what people who contributed to the campaign are getting. The fat cats are going to get their tax cuts and they are going to get a huge liability shield, because that is what we are really constructing here is a shield for them against any liability. It is almost like saying the Congress has now decided that the highest value in America is making money, making money at any cost. I mean, we want these fat cats to not have to deal with regulation, heaven forbid, because they might have to make something safe, and then, if you have taken the regulation away, you have got to change the legal rules, because otherwise, they are going to get sued. So if we can take away the regulation and take away the legal rules, wow, and America will be out there and we will be competitive again. I guess this is the new trickle down thing. So the employers will all be happy because they will have more money and hire more workers if the workers do not happen to get hurt. But if they do, it is too bad.”