Political Quotes

“To begin, Mr. Chairman, there is not the remotest evidence that George McGovern was talking about this particular amendment, because this amendment is not about product liability. The restriction on joint and several liability for noneconomic damages on product liability is in the bill. This bill, and I was glad to hear the gentleman from Illinois proclaim the death of States rights, because what this bill says is, ``This section shall apply to any product liability or other civil action brought in any Federal or State court on any theory where noneconomic damages are sought.'' This is an amendment that does not deal with product liability but that is already covered. This says any lawsuit anywhere in America where people are looking for noneconomic damages, we will tell the States how to run things. People said, ``Well, we've got to protect our manufacturing. We do a lot of exports.'' Then they mentioned the Little League. Well, it is not my impression we export that many little leaguers. I know the kids go overseas to play ball, but most come home. They rarely leave but one or two behind. The fact is that this is a statement by the Republican Party on the whole, not all of them, saying, ``We don't trust local juries, we don't trust local legislatures, we don't trust local judges.”