Political Quotes

“This is a 36-month bill to deal with a very specific, real problem. I just left a hearing this morning on the medical industry. We are not talking about personal injuries here, but to give you some idea, there are some serious problems in terms of compliance we are seeing across the country. You have to decide here whether or not you want to expand litigation, which is a legitimate point. There are those who think the only way to deal with this is to rush to court. I respect that. I disagree with it, but respect it. Or do you decide for 36 months we are going to try to fix the problem to try to reduce the race to the courthouse? Those of us who are in support of this bill come down on that side. The only way you are going to do it is to have some uniform standards across the country. We all know, as a practical matter--any first-year lawyer would tell you--you would run to the State that has the easiest laws and get into court. If you disagree, you ought to vote for the Edwards amendment. If you think we ought to fix the problem, we think you should reject it so we can solve this over the next 36 months.”