Political Quotes

“I think in some ways this may be the most important vote we have cast in the 22 years I have been here. I suggest to my colleagues, my Democrat friends, why it is important for us to vote for the motion to proceed to take up this bill and to improve this legislation before we end up voting for it and sending it to conference. First, I say to my Democrat colleagues, the status quo is not acceptable. We cannot feel good about the system of justice which exists today. There are many who disparage the trial bar, but I will say a kind word toward the efforts of many members of the trial bar. They do important work. They make sure when the little people are damaged or hurt that there is a way for them to have their grievances addressed, and when people are harmed to be compensated. That is important. It is important we preserve that right. The system that has evolved over the last 200 years with the class actions, and what I think everyone regards as venue shopping too often between different State courts and the Federal courts, is a system that is just out of balance today. We can do better than this. It is important that we do better than this.”