J. Exon: “I signed the conference report with regard to the product liability measure that is before us. I recommend that the…”

“I signed the conference report with regard to the product liability measure that is before us. I recommend that the Senate accept this. I hope the President will not veto it, as he has threatened. I have been listening to the debate, and I have studied this issue for a long, long time. Over 20 years ago, when I had the opportunity to serve my State as Governor, we worked on and we enacted a piece of legislation that is related to this whole area. It was with regard to malpractice in the health care field. There were concerns about that. I listened to both sides at that time. I finally decided, in the best interest of Nebraska, that malpractice piece of legislation should go into effect to provide adequate and better health care, to keep everyone involved. I must say, that was one of the early pieces of legislation with regard to placing caps on malpractice legislation, and I must say that it has been a resounding success in Nebraska.”