Mike Collins: “Again, a lot can be said, and I am so glad for the coming to the floor later. This will be debated, amendments will be…”

“Again, a lot can be said, and I am so glad for the coming to the floor later. This will be debated, amendments will be offered. The House is in regular order doing what the House is supposed to be doing. One thing that I would like to share is, as the previous speaker had talked about history--and I am currently, myself, reading a biography outtake on Theodore Roosevelt and his time in the Presidency and the things that he did--there is an amazing balance that he struck for, basically, common people and victims. I think that is exactly what we are doing here, because one of the things that the underlying bills do not do is they do not close the courthouse. They do not do the things that, if you look in history, as I pointed out in my opening statement, if you look at every time the Congress has taken up the class action issue, there has been the falling-of-the-sky phenomenon, that it is going to tear the courthouse down, nobody is going to get anything done. The actual truth is the class action has increased and efficiency was found. And for the true victims, they find their compensation. The courthouse that I have had the wonderful privilege of practicing in is a place where people find justice. It is not a place to be abused. It is not a place to sometimes take advantage of an open system.…”