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Phil Gingrey: “the last two commentators in opposition to this bill talked about the biggest problem with this bill being the lack of…”

On the recordJuly 28, 2005
the last two commentators in opposition to this bill talked about the biggest problem with this bill being the lack of consumer protection. I am going to tell my colleagues that the biggest consumer protection in this bill is limitation of contingency lawyer fees. When a person is injured severely, they ought to walk out of that courtroom at the end of the day with the preponderance, the largest portion, of that judgment in their pocket and not in the pocket of the lawyers. And that is consumer protection at its very best.
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Phil Gingrey
Georgia
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