John Ensign: “the theme we are talking about this morning is obstructionism. We have heard about judges. Later on we are going to hear…”

“the theme we are talking about this morning is obstructionism. We have heard about judges. Later on we are going to hear about the Democrats obstructing legislation that would create jobs in the United States. It is called the FSC/ETI bill. It really is a jobs bill. This is legislation that will actually bring hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of jobs back home to the United States. Democrats have been blocking, as far as jobs are concerned, asbestos reform, bankruptcy reform, class action litigation reform--all of those items make American companies less competitive and make it tougher to have new job growth in the United States. Outsourcing is a big issue. As we hear more and more about this issue, we have to understand some of the reasons surrounding it. Right now the other side of the aisle is blocking a lot of the legislation that would allow companies to bring new jobs to this country to make our country more competitive. What I want to talk about this morning very briefly is the answer to what has caused a severe access to care crisis in many States, and that is the issue of the medical liability reform. My home State, the State of Nevada, is one of those 19 States that are truly in crisis. In fact, only five States across the United States are showing no signs of a crisis.”