John B. Breaux: “The argument by some in Congress was that in order to ensure the viability of those inspections, you cannot do it on the…”

I remember when I was in Congress when I wanted to stop something from happening, I used to offer an amendment to do a study, or maybe to do a demonstration program, hoping it never got completed.

I am for reforming the so-called class action litigation system we have in place. I think a strong majority of the Members of the Senate also favor a reform piece of legislation passing this body and ultimately being signed into law. But…

I will even go along with saying you can bring it back at 5 percent, if you are going to use it for job creation or research and development, for capital expenditures. And If you are going to use it to rebuild your pension fund for…

I will take a few moments to explain my position on this important legislative effort and point to the fact that I have worked on a substitute amendment that has the ability to bring both sides together in a way we have not yet achieved…