Political Quotes

“These constitute my closing observations on this measure. Mr. Chairman, H.R. 720 would turn back the clock to a time when rule 11 discouraged civil rights cases, restricted judicial discretion, and engendered vast amounts of time-consuming and costly so-called satellite litigation. Not surprisingly, the Judicial Conference of the United States, the principal policymaking body for the judicial branch charged with proposing amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure under the careful, deliberate process specified in the Rules Enabling Act, opposes this measure, noting that it creates a cure worse than the problem it is meant to solve. Likewise, the American Bar Association opposes this legislation, as do numerous consumer and environmental groups, including: Public Citizen, the Alliance for Justice, the Center for Justice and Democracy, the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Earthjustice, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, and six other major organizations. Finally, last Congress, the Obama administration, strongly opposed a substantively identical measure, noting that the bill was ``both unnecessary and counterproductive,'' and that it ``actually increases litigation.'' Accordingly, I urge my colleagues in this body to reject this flawed bill. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.”