Political Quotes

“If we said, instead of computers, we are going to deal with airplanes this way. If we said we do not want people who make airplanes to be held liable if they fall out of the sky, America would say that is crazy, that is ridiculous. We, of course, want to hold the manufacturers of products where we have a lot at stake to a standard of care. If you were going to absolve them, insulate them, then, frankly, as a consumer I am going to have second thoughts about getting on the airplane. I think what the Senator is saying with her amendment is those companies that have done the right thing, have established their reputation for integrity by stepping forward and saying we are solving the Y2K problem, certified, as the gentleman from Dell Computer did with the SEC, these companies that have gone that extra mile and want to stand behind that reputation will actually be penalized by this bill, because, frankly, all their hard work is not only being ignored, it is being defied.”