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Paul Coverdell: “the $50,000 cap comes from the workings of the Congress itself. The distinguished Senator from Connecticut, in his…”

On the recordMarch 5, 1996
the $50,000 cap comes from the workings of the Congress itself. The distinguished Senator from Connecticut, in his opposition to the bill, and several others, were worried about a flood of court cases, and so the cap was placed to address that concern. There are some 500,000 claims, or so some opponents claim, that could have come into the court system without the cap. So in response to the concern that the court system could not manage this number of claims, the cap came into play.
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Paul Coverdell
Georgia
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Discussing the rationale behind the $50,000 cap in a legislative bill.

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