Political Quotes

“A great deal of effort has gone into crafting a compromise with respect to the appropriate venue, Federal or State, for bringing litigation in cases where an HMO has acted inappropriately. As I have studied this issue over the last week or so, the way the underlying bill assigns venue for State action and for action that is more appropriate in the Federal courts, I have come to believe that the sponsors of the legislation figured it out just right. When it comes to determining damages that might be assigned in cases brought in Federal courts, I personally have concluded that there should not be a cap with respect to economic damages. I further agree with the approach that is taken in the underlying bill, that in cases where noneconomic damages are sought in Federal courts, particularly in cases where children may be involved who are not working, who do not have a livelihood, or in cases where a spouse-- perhaps a woman, but it could easily be a man--who is not in the workforce and stays at home with a family, we may not, if we cap noneconomic damages, be really fair to that young person or to the spouse who is working from the home.”