On the recordMarch 9, 1995
I am very proud to rise in support of the Furst amendment which I also submitted to the Committee on Rules for consideration. Under our system of justice, individuals who are injured have the absolute right to go to court to seek compensation for damages that they have suffered. This is a basic right under our American system of law and it is a right that has to be defended, and that is why the gentlewoman from Oregon [Ms. Furse] and I are here today, defending the basic fundamental right of all Americans to have the same equal provisions of justice applied to all of us irrespective of whether we work or do not work, whether we are men or women, poor or rich, young or old. The system of justice has to be equal. This section that we are seeking to strike from the bill is an absolute discriminatory provision which goes against women who are homemakers or women who are low-wage earners, children, elderly, and the poor in our society.
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