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On the recordMarch 6, 1995
Let me ask the gentleman one thing. When was the last time the gentleman heard a corporation look on television and see an ad for a plaintiff's law firm saying, ``No payment if we don't win''? Has the gentleman ever heard of a corporation going to a lawyer like that? I don't think so. Has the gentleman ever heard, before the time that we could use television--and he may have been a plaintiff's lawyer once-- did you not normally get people who could not afford a lawsuit?
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Questioning the prevalence of corporate advertisements for plaintiff's law firms during a debate.

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