"I told him that that was a request I would like to have passed on."
"The 2013 budget request for the House Judiciary Committee is very important."
"When you go to the dictionary and you look up 'silly,' it says 'see REINS Act.' This is silly."
"And so I want to try to turn off some of the wrath that may come down on punitive damages."
"The measure imposes unrealistic deadlines by which Congress must consider and pass exceedingly complex and technical regulations."
"H.R. 367, the so-called REINS Act, is a thoroughly problematic bill."
"This measure is not only unnecessary and unworkable, but it could seriously jeopardize the health and safety of millions of Americans."
"Members of the Committee, this is a hearing that may produce seriously flawed studies, that may make it difficult if not impossible to form as a basis for serious policy making."
"This is also the type of legislation that I believe gives Congress a bad name."
"Now, what we have found is that only about 5 percent of the plaintiffs were awarded punitive damages."
"What about destruction of documents and not turning certain other documents over?"