Tom Harkin actually said...

To me, that choice is clear. We need safe products and we need innovation, and the best way to achieve both goals is not through litigation ...

So, the way I see it--before Riegel, the device manufacturers didn't know if they'd win or lose in a tort claim, right?

FDA needs adequate appropriations.

I don't know where they'd get the money to hire these high-price lawyers from these big law firms.