Charles Norwood: “the veil of obfuscation must be lowered in this House, if you are to ever hear the truth. I sat here last night in great…”

“the veil of obfuscation must be lowered in this House, if you are to ever hear the truth. I sat here last night in great pain and had to listen to lawyer after lawyer come down in this well and champion the virtues of the trial lawyers against the evil doctors of this Nation. They railed against us for wanting to limit noneconomic damages and from these evil malpracticing doctors of our Nation. Mr. Speaker, I am struck with how hypocritical that argument is when the other side voted against limiting contingency fees. When as much as two-thirds of the noneconomic damage awards go to pay the legal fees of trial attorneys, would you not think they would want to limit these costs as well, if they really wanted to make the patient whole? Or maybe they are not interested in the pain and suffering of the victims of the evil doctors. Maybe they are more interested in the pain and suffering of the trial lawyers and the millions of dollars that they give to Democratic campaigns. I am proud we took that step last night to limit noneconomic damages.”