Well, Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, the gentleman, my esteemed chairman, is correct as far as he goes, but let us talk about joint and several and let us talk about punitive damages, and the punitive damages caps.
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I thought the gentleman from Georgia [Mr. Lewis] made a very emotional and correct approach. There comes a time when we all must stand up and say, what are these rules for? Are they to keep the American people from learning the truth? I am…
I find that fairly astonishing, that they tell us we can go outside and talk about it, but we cannot talk about it on the floor.
I was really pleased to hear the Speaker say he did not have an objection to it, and was wondering, since it appears to have been cleared and so noncontroversial, could we get it out and could we get it passed?
I was concerned about the words ``shameless demagoguery.'' I think those are words we could have taken down, and I do not really want to do that. But I think that is a very strong word.
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