Political Quotes

“I will express the highest regard to my good friend, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Fields]. First of all, a litigant must prove and plead what is going on in the mind of the other side before he can properly get into court. He has literally got to define the thought process and the intentions of the other party. Cities, States, counties, local units of government, would not be compelled to bear that burden. That is hardly something that I think they ought to be compelled to do because they are litigating on behalf of their taxpayers. There are a large number of other burdens that they must pay before they can get into court and a large number of other burdens they must carry, and I do not see why it is that they should have to carry these burdens to litigate on behalf of their people. There is no allegation, none, that there has ever been any wrongdoing, that there is any ambulance chasing or any shyster lawyer practices engaged in in connection with these matters, and I would just urge my colleagues to support this, and I appreciate the concerns of my friend from Texas, but I would just say that the burdens that he is imposing on the cities, and States and local units of government by this amendment do not need to be accepted because there is no abuse on their part.”