Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, this is a fair amendment. It treats American corporations and foreign corporations in American courts exactly the same way. If you are interested in fairness, this is an amendment to vote for because it says foreign corporations must make the same disclosures in American courts under discovery process that must be made by American corporations. If you are interested in competitiveness, this is an amendment on which you should vote. The argument for this legislation is that it is going to contribute to competitiveness. Well, if it is going to do so, it should do it fairly and completely. This says that foreigners do not get a greater advantage in dealing with American courts and American litigants than the foreign corporation. It says they have got to make the same discovery. Discovery is absolutely essential to the judicial process. Without fair discovery, there can be no fair judicial process, and without discovery in product liability suits, there can clearly be no discovery.”