Greg Ganske: “this do-something Congress is working hard for the American people. Yesterday, we passed legislation to make health…”

“this do-something Congress is working hard for the American people. Yesterday, we passed legislation to make health insurance more affordable. We passed a bill to allow senior citizens to retain more of their earnings if they remain in the work force. We passed a bill to give regulatory relief to businesses. We passed the line-item veto. And we gave final approval to legislation to modernize our Depression-era farm programs. Today, we will send to the President product liability legislation to restore common sense in this area; to protect consumers and prevent abuse that unnecessarily raises the price of practically everything we buy. Amazingly, President Clinton has threatened to veto this modest bill that Mr. Dingell supports. Mr. Speaker, if the President vetoes this bill, the losers will be the American people, victims of a hidden lawsuit tax. They pay more for goods and services because businesses are forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in defending frivolous lawsuits. Mr. Speaker, this is not partisan politics. A leading Democrat in the other body said "Unfortunately, special interests and raw political considerations in the White House have overridden sound policy judgment." That's a Member of the President's own party speaking. I urge my colleagues to vote for this limited legal reform bill and to give it the votes necessary to override a threatened veto.”