David Weldon: “it is a pleasure for me to rise today and speak in support of the tort reform or lawsuit reform being brought before the…”

“it is a pleasure for me to rise today and speak in support of the tort reform or lawsuit reform being brought before the House by the Republican leadership. As a physician who has practiced medicine in the community for the past 7 years, I can say that I have seen firsthand the terrible effect of this runaway problem with lawsuits on our Nation and in particular on our ability to practice good, high quality, cost effective medicine. The people who have been paying for this runaway crisis in excessive lawsuits are the people of the United States. The patients have been playing the costs. The time has arrived, it is long overdue. Reform is needed and reform is now, this week, before the House of Representatives. And I beseech all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the Republican programs for dealing with this problem in our Nation and restoring true balance to our criminal and civil justice system.”